Anger at travellers' camp
Travellers set up camp in a field near Newent despite a last-minute council attempt to stop them.
A dozen families arrived at the field on Friday and worked around the clock to make the site their home.
They laid a hard surface, put up portable toilets, dug a cesspit and 12 separate plots were fenced off.
It is understood the site is privately owned by one or more of the travelling community but no planning permission for residential use has been made.
The travellers insist they are using the land at Southend Lane after failing to find an adequate home elsewhere in the county.
A spokesman for the group, called Sam, said they wanted to be good neighbours.
"We are honest, law abiding citizens who just want a place to live," he said.
"We have applied to the council to give us a home on a number of occasions, but with no joy.
"We don't want to cause our new neighbours any harm and want to get on with them as anyone else would."
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A dozen families arrived at the field on Friday and worked around the clock to make the site their home.
They laid a hard surface, put up portable toilets, dug a cesspit and 12 separate plots were fenced off.
It is understood the site is privately owned by one or more of the travelling community but no planning permission for residential use has been made.
The travellers insist they are using the land at Southend Lane after failing to find an adequate home elsewhere in the county.
A spokesman for the group, called Sam, said they wanted to be good neighbours.
"We are honest, law abiding citizens who just want a place to live," he said.
"We have applied to the council to give us a home on a number of occasions, but with no joy.
"We don't want to cause our new neighbours any harm and want to get on with them as anyone else would."
(MORE)
Labels: Gypsy Camp, Travellers Sites, UK
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