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GT13 Kites Nest Lane, Beausale
Representation ID: 54351
Received: 29/07/2013
Respondent: Hatton Farms Ltd
In summary, this site has already being rejecting several time with the planning department and also on appeal - for this reason, how can it be a suitable site? This land always floods during the winter and any time when there is heavy rain, acting effectively as a flood plain for the local area. If this area was to be a site for Gypsies and Travellers, when is rains the water will have to run off immediately which in turn would overwhelm the current drainage system and create a problem in another area. I am objecting for this reason.
As you will know, the travellers are applying for retrospective planning and at all stages the courts and planning department have rejected their proposal. Therefore how can Warwickshire District Council seriously consider that this would be a suitable site. I feel sorry for the people who live opposite this site as their house has been blighted and their rights have not been protected by the District council who now are proposing to make this an official travellers site. The land at GT13 always floods during the winter and effectively holds up the water when large amounts of rain occurs. If a site is made permanent, this water will run off immediately and swamp the existing drainage available in the area and cause greater flooding problems elsewhere. The land was never farmed during the winter as it was always saturated and holds large amounts of surface water. It effectively works the same way as a flood plain for a river and as far as I am aware, building on flood plains should be avoided. For this reason, I am objecting to this plot of land being used as a Gypsy and Traveller Site.
