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* As a local resident and member of Clarice House, I am amazed that Ipswich Borough Council could ever contemplate converting the use of this land from farmland to a permanent gypsy/traveller site give the danger of introducing a new access to the highway on what is already a dangerous road with poor visibility and often fast-moving traffic.

* Having witnessed first-hand the encampment at Bramford Lane Recreation Ground last summer (2013), we have no wish for a repeat, apart from which there is already a permanent site at the Norwich Road junction off the A14, within a mile to the north.

* The establishment of a permanent site so close to Bramford Lane Recreation Ground could again prevent council tax paying local residents from using these important local facilities.

* We would be interested to learn if any of the decision-makers at Ipswich Borough Council actually live in this local area? This ill-conceived proposal would suggest otherwise, since any permanent local resident will be fully aware of the above issues which make a nonsense of this proposal.

* Last summer we enlisted the assistance of our local MP, Dr Daniel Poulter, to help resolve the issues presented by the gypsies/travellers on Bramford Lane Recreation Ground. We will have no hesitation in approaching Dr Poulter once more if there is any serious prospect of the above proposal being entertained.