Council searching for short term traveller camp site

John Fareham and John Abbott report that the Council are still trying to find a site for a short term traveller camp which would allow travellers to stop over for few days while on the way to somewhere else.

At a recent scrutiny meeting we were given the impression that a site had been selected elsewhere in the city. Had this actually been the case it would have been excellent news for parts of the city that have had their fill of traveller behaviour. However, on checking with the officers, we found that this was not actually the case but that they were still trying to identify somewhere suitable. Taken together with the rate of progress on the building work on sites which were targeted by travellers in the past and might be again, this could, if it comes to fruition, mean that travellers have less chance to come here now and no need to do so in the future.