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Draft Site Allocations and Policies (incorporating IP-One Area Action Plan) Development Plan Document

Representation ID: 431

Received: 09/04/2014

Respondent: Mr Peter Benson

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Representation Summary:

Object to the allocation of the River Hill site (IP261) for Gypsies and Travellers. It will not aid community cohesion providing all sites in North West Ipswich. It will not be safe for those families as it lies immediately adjacent to the A14. This would be inappropriate development.

Full text:

Object to the allocation of the River Hill site (IP261) for Gypsies and Travellers. It will not aid community cohesion, as you are simply proposing to make North West Ipswich a ghetto for Gypsy and traveller families by placing all your solutions in that area. It will not be safe for those families as it lies immediately adjacent to the A14. I can testify to the impact such an increase in population would have on the area following the recent unofficial occupation of the recreation field. This would be inappropriate development.