Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Development Plan Document

Disagree

With regards to the above consultation I would like to raise our households objection to the proposed site in Bearsted/Thurnham – site ref: C4S (008). Our object is based on a number of factors: Safety on highways and access: as a frequent user of Water Lane to run and walk in – I have had many near miss instants of cars including one this morning where a car nearly hit myself. As a neighbour of Sue and Tom Corkery who were killed in January 2024 on the sister road of Thurnham Lane I am concerned that we will see an increase in instances of accidents especially if this site is allowed and the traffic increased and with the size of the vehicles and caravans on the road which Travellers generally use. Also there is limited access to the road and turning circles. The area proposed is while on the outskirts of a small village, the actual site is rural and bringing in accommodation into this area will greatly impact the rural character Increase in the volume of traffic on the supporting roads in the village. These are small rural roads which are often already extremely busy with rush hour traffic and during Operation Brock there is an even greater volume of traffic and already large vehicles are advised not to travel along these roads due to the narrowness and the railway bridges. I honestly do not think that this is a suitable location for the proposed site plan because of the above but there is also the huge local disapproval to this plan and for a whole village to be against this shows that this is not the right place for this plan.