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    Plans to recreate Calais Jungle in tiny British village sends residents into fury

    A DEVELOPER has sparked outrage with plans to build a refugee centre for 1,000 migrants in an English village with a population of just 100.

    Charlie Tull wants to convert a disused business park into a "one stop shop'"for people fleeing war in the Middle East.

    The eight-acre site would contain accommodation, an asylum processing unit, a medical centre, recreation and educational facilities.

    Local residents in Littleton-upon-Severn in Gloucestershire are up in arms. They say the site is too isolated and the influx will swamp the village, which has just two churches and a pub.

    But 58-year-old Mr Tull, who lives 35 miles away in Wiltshire, says the site will be "completely inclusive" and those living there will have no need to leave the site and integrate with the local community.

    He said: "Whether we like it or not the dam has burst a few thousand miles away and migrants are finding their way to the UK.

    "The numbers are increasing, so something needs to happen - not only to deal with the existing problem but to deal with the future problem as things get worse."

    The proposed site, a disused business park, has been empty for 12 years and Mr Tull has struggled to find a new use for the site after buying it in 2003.

    Mr Tull got the idea for an asylum centre after visiting the Jungle migrant camp in Calais.

    Littleton has just 60 houses and a population of around 100 but lies just a few miles from the Severn Estuary, which has one of the highest tidal ranges in the world.

    An earlier report by the Environment Agency said the site would flood within 35 minutes if defences are breached, with depths of up to 2.5 metres.

    Littleton has no public transport links and the development site lies a mile from the nearest main road down a single-track lane.

    But Mr Tull says the proposed development would have little impact on the local community because it would be self-contained.

    Mr Tull is yet to submit a planning application for the development but has approached Clearsprings, the contractor tasked with managing asylum seekers in the South West.

    However, Matthew Riddle, the leader of South Gloucestershire Council, said it is unlikely to receive a positive reception among councillors or locals.

    "This plan doesn't fit with the Government's view that migrants should be dispersed in small numbers and integrated into the local community," he said.

    Christopher Doods, 33, head chef at the White Hart, Littleton-upon-Severn's only pub, said crime would increase and it would disturb local cattle.

    He said: "This would have a massive impact. It would interfere with village life very much."

    Gareth Lewis, a 45-year-old builder, said: "It would completely change the feel and balance of the village and the community."

    A Home Office spokeswoman said: "There are no plans for centres this big at the moment."

    Developer plans to turn a disused factory into refugee centre | UK | News | Daily Express



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