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Representation by Elaine .L .Blaney

Date submitted
7 June 2023
Submitted by
Members of the public/businesses

I have commented about this proposed project many times over several years. I am strongly against this proposed project on the following grounds The proposed development will NOT benefit our local area in any way. It will dwarf the present buildings in this fairly rural area. It will have a tremendously ADVERSE affect on the road network which is already choking. It will add to the current problems that affect the M69/M1 motorway which is short and gets an enormous amount of traffic from Coventry/ Birmingham.TRITAX admitted to local council parties that only a Small amount of the produce stored in these enormous hangars would move by rail!!!!We already have TWO major developments at Rugby Gateway AND Coventry Gateway within a short distance. I have written to the NationalWoodland Trust and the King when he was Prince Charles. Both these parties were appalled at the prospect of us losing old woodland with its flora and fauna. We do not relish the affects that this exchange would have on pollution levels. Our village of Stoney Stanton would lose its identity completely as would the villages of Sharnford and Sapcote.