We object to GT7. We are the only house in Maple Drive, however, what the plans do not point out is that directly opposite our house is an authorised site for one Gypsy Family. On the 25 January 1994 we instructed our solicitors to write to the council and support the (late) Mrs Dunn's and her family with their application (CU/0025/94/ROC) for the siting of a mobile and one touring caravan. We were and still are, of the opinion, that if it is a traveller's family wish, to join the settled community, we do not have an issue with this.
As can be seen from the above paragraph we can not be accused of being in the 'Not In My Back Yard' brigade. The notion of siting more Gypsies or Travellers within 200 or 300 meters of an existing authorised site is unfair, the burden of the sites, if approved, should be spread throughout the District. We believe the site is not suitable for development as a Gypsy and Traveller pitch. The only motorised access off the Hullbridge Road leading to Goldsmith, Maple and McCalmont Drive is for a total of 8 permanent dwellings, 1 traveller pitch plus rear access to Woodville, (which is on the corner of Goldsmith Drive and Hullbridge Road). The planning document states that the site 'integrates well' by my calculations this proposal increases the number of dwellings by over 160%. That is more like saturation. The infrastructure is simply not in place to support this proposal.
Matthew and Louise Kirby