Please would you lodge my objections to the proposed traveller site intended at the southern end of Watermill Lane.
I have read with interest this proposed development in the scope of the Preston Hall farm area as detailed in Development and Site Allocations ("DaSA") Local Plan.
As a local resident to the area my concerns are the impact on local housing in the Watermill lane area especially now the southern end has now been stopped up which only allows traffic in and out of the southern end onto the A269.
There is already a large stock of social and residential housing in the location that will be affected by the use of this section of Watermill Lane which will result in Travellers entering or leaving this the proposed site using larger vehicles and towing Caravans which would not be suitable on this residential road that already has width restrictions towards Preston Hall and Mayo Lane.
Travellers are inherently a fluid community not wishing to reside permanently on this site.
The comments to question responses raised as below are incoherent as you have said in so many words that it will have no impact and yet yourselves have admitted that screening may be appropriate.
"The proposed site for up to 5 pitches for Gypsies and Travellers is regarded as inappropriate, especially having regard to its exposure following construction of the new road. It is proposed to be relocated to a site at the end of the southern section of Watermill Lane. Proximity to existing housing is not a fundamental incompatibility, although
visual screening may be appropriate. "(page 173)
Reading through the plan I have tried to locate where exactly this proposal of the Travellers site is on maps provided on your site with no success. I have heard from local residents that it is to be somewhere between Watermill lane and Mayo Lane.
If this is to be sited on land with restrictions below then this is in contravention of the clause as stated in the question answer below.
"It is recognised that all the 3 Options that have been developed for Bexhill show a potential Gypsy and Traveller Site to the east of the proposed housing allocation. On this land there is a clause in the contract of sale preventing development on the site. The proposed allocation, therefore, goes against this legal restriction and therefore the land should be excluded from the allocation. "(page 175)
Looking at the whole large scale development and the increase of housing stock and business use the siting of a traveller site in area would be completely inappropriate without proper consideration of existing and future residents let alone adequately accommodating the needs of the travellers themselves.
I fully understand why so many local residents are aggrieved and strongly suggest instead of burying this information in a wordy document of over 420 pages proper consultation to the public should have been made.