1. The Magna Park plans are immense in scale. If these plans were approved, it would be the equivalent of building 7 new O2 Arenas or Millenium Domes upon existing farmland in rural South Leicestershire. One single new warehouse alone could house 16 full-sized football pitches!

2. It's more intelligent to build logistics centres at more appropriate locations with railheads (like DIRFT, which is only 10 miles away) or at motorway junctions (like Rugby Gateway only 3 miles away). Magna Park has neither of these two important strategic advantages.

3. The road infrastructure around Magna Park struggles badly to cope with the existing traffic volumes. Traffic congestion and road traffic accidents would inevitably increase if these massive Magna Park plans were approved.

4. Leicestershire is one of the worst counties in the country for road fatalities.
6th= out of 43 counties. We do not want South Leicestershire to become the most dangerous road death area in the country.

5. The A5 and A426 would clog up more often with the extra traffic created by these plans that would significantly increase the size of the existing Magna Park. Blocked roads with lengthy queues at junctions and small roundabouts would result in even longer journeys and commutes, and more lost productivity.

6. Some HGVs do not currently follow approved routes; travelling dangerously through small villages on minor rural roads.

7. It's smarter to build warehouses nearer to the people who would take up the new jobs being created. The area around Magna Park has almost zero unemployment. The thousands of new jobs would therefore have to be filled by those having lengthy commutes into the area, generating even more traffic congestion around Magna Park, Lutterworth and surrounding villages like Cotesbach.

8. Lutterworth already has some of the worst air quality in Leicestershire, alongside that of Leicester City Centre and East Midlands Airport. It doesn't presently meet EU standards for air quality.

9. Logistics sites that serve the nation should be planned strategically in the Midlands rather than be approved in a fragmented and uncoordinated way by a large number of different district or borough councils all vying for extra business rate income.

10. There were over 1,800 written objections to the Magna Park plans, including those submitted by our local MP, Alberto Costa. I would contend these Magna Park plans could well be the most unpopular plans in HDC's history.

11. Approving the three Magna Park plans could however generate over £16M a year for the local authorities. HDC currently spends about £30M a year. Is this really all about greed (more money for Harborough District Council and the developers) rather than about need?

12. Opposing the expansion of Magna Park is most certainly not "NIMBYism." We already have Europe's biggest dedicated distribution centre in our backyard!