There is a public consultation taking place and letters of objection are required by 10 February 2012.

The following are all legitimate grounds for objection:

The site lies within Green Belt.

It is an elevated and highly visible site, clearly viewed from the Stour valley, Wimborne and Pamphill.

The site is on valuable agricultural land.  

This site is of considerable archaeological and historical interest.

Site access is problematic. Significant extra traffic is expected to use a single track lane already designated by the local authority
Highways’ team as unsuitable for caravans and large vehicles with poor visibility at the Wimborne road junction. There are serious safety issues here.

There is a significant slope to the site with a historic natural spring at the bottom of the field.

The site is adjacent to the sewage treatment works. 

As the site is close to the A31, traffic noise will be clearly audible through thin caravan walls. Planning consultants Baker Associates have identified that the site needs buffering to protect from noise and air pollution .This may be impossible as it is an elevated and very visible site.

This site will affect the amenity of nearby residents and buffering may be impossible as it is an elevated and very visible site.

It would be very costly for EDDC to develop.

"We all feel that Candy's Lane is not an appropriate location for any development, not for housing nor for travellers. The residents are showing their very valid concerns. Surely we can find somewhere more suitable."
Councillor Susan Jefferies