Short term traveller pitches

John Fareham and John Abbott continue to work on means of eliminating the need for illegal traveller encampments. Not only is Police and Crime Commissioner Matthew Grove pressing councils to do more to provide stop-over sites for travellers, but we are doing the same at our end. According to Council meeting papers there are, give or take, enough pitches on Council sites for travellers who want to stay for a while, but there isn’t provision for travellers such as those who “visited” Bricknell Ward for a few days while on their way to horse fairs and the like. We have therefore asked the officers to locate a suitable location or locations for short-term traveller pitches and to do so as rapidly as possible. We accept that finding a suitable site may not be easy, but we will continue to pursue this approach as a way of stopping the nuisance caused by illegal encampments.