I spotted a news item today about traveller's sites, and noticed someone had made a comment at the bottom of the local newspaper's website edition of their article - albeit erroneously and misinformed with regards to the current status about our site in Wall Street.
http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/8416446.Severalls_travellers____site_idea_won___t_work__says_gipsy_supporter/?ref=rss
Technically the council originally only granted residency and permission for caravans on the small site to a past resident (Mr Grinrod) for 5 years for one immediate family only. This was revoked technically when a different family, the Dorans moved in. In July 2010 the family disappeared, leaving the site unoccupied.
Since then a yellow planning notice has been attached to the telegraph pole outside the site and letters sent to immediate neighbours only about an extension allowing caravans onsite being applied until 2012.
Whilst the Doran family themselves were no trouble, apart from their work vans going in and out dozens of times a day the only major problems we had were with their extended family during visits - what concerns me is that there is massive uncertainty about the quality of future tenants - I'd suggest to all residents that we all write to the council to individually object, as its unclear who might eventually return to the site, it could be a decent family like the Dorans, or the ownership could be passed on to another family by sale or lease/rent of the land - and we could be left with the problems Phil and Carol unfortunately faced in the past.
If you want to support or object to this application here is the link to the Tendring Planning website.
http://idox.tendringdc.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=neighbourComments&keyVal=L8DCONQB09L00
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