Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Development Plan Document

Disagree

As a long time Bearsted resident I am writing to express our huge concerns and opposition to the proposed Gypsy & Traveller site proposed near Water Lane. My issues are as below: The proposed location is clearly unsuitable on both environmental and safety grounds and should be dismissed outright. This is an area designated as Outstanding Natural Beauty and multiple Traveller dwellings will impact that considerably along to high risk of trees with preservation orders being removed There’s no way any other type of building application would be approved for this location, so the same logic should apply here. A site of multiple dwellings will also increase the flood risk due to additional hard standing that will be added Above Above all, Water Lane is an extremely narrow and in no way suitable for excess vehicular access. It will create a dangerous accident black spot in its junction with the Street as the site lines are so poor, from both directions. As a final comment the impact to house prices in this traditional, charming Kentish village will be devastating and the implications to long term residents will be significant. Surely the planning department has some responsibility to those of us who have lived in and supported this village for many years? I hope my input goes some way to cause reflection and denial of planning permission on this clearly unsuitable location.