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Object
Draft Site Allocations and Policies (incorporating IP-One Area Action Plan) Development Plan Document
Representation ID: 63
Received: 17/02/2014
Respondent: Mr Allistair Renton
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
The proposed use would be Unsafe, Unsuitable, Unsocial. Concerned it would impact on local businesses; it could expand into the rest of the site; the access is on a blind bend; it is too close to the A14; and the site is only suitable for agriculture.
Concerned that this development would completely decimate several small but important local businesses immediately adjacent to and opposite the site and adjacent property would be severely de-valued, suffer significant increased security risks together with lost employment opportunities current and future and loss of important business rate revenue.
The site is too large for the intended 5 pitches and could result in unauthorised use over the whole area by additional incoming travellers. It would also create an unauthorised link to the present site at West Meadows.
The Access to the site is on a blind bend and would create an unacceptable increased road safety risk to existing and future traffic and in particular to vehicles exiting and entering the site.
The site is too close to the A14 trunk road for housing development so should not be considered suitable for Travellers. Without proper and expensive fencing there would be road safety risks.
In my opinion having been a resident in Bramford for 47 years 30 of which I served on the local Parish Council, this development should not even be considered as the site is totally unsuitable for anything other than agricultural or recreational use.