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1) This site is unsuitable for human habitation with the noise and pollution from the adjacent A14. Even for conventional housing the provision of adequate sound attenuation is problematic. For caravans it is impossible. The outdoor lifestyle also makes worse the need for external amenity work/leisure/play space in a reasonable environment.
2) Ipswich council are meeting this requirement for traveller spaces outside the effective boundary of the A14 onto Bramford, with no regard for businesses and residents.
3) At the meeting in Bramford Planning officers omitted to mention the anticipated need for more sites in the later stages of the 15 year plan. Again a disregard for the village.
4) Concern about the difficulty of controlling the expansion of the site.
5) The destruction of the Green Margin around Ipswich and the creation of a gypsy corridor between this site and West Meadows
6) We are told that more travellers are moving into permanent homes. I therefore dispute the need for any additional sites in the area. Figures on IBC website show overall van numbers steady or falling.
7) This was the only site included in the draft plan.Officers were unable even to name alternatives that had been considered. This is the very opposite of open government and community involvement. IBC stated that only Council owned land would be considered. There is no such requirement.