Gipsy caravans move in to Padiham site (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Gipsy caravans move in to Padiham site
11:38am Monday 22nd March 2010 in
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- By Tyrone Marshall » Reporter
COUNCIL bosses are considering whether to take action after three caravans moved in to vacant land in Padiham.
A planning application for a gipsy caravan site at the rear of Peel Street and Pendle Street was submitted last month, but caravans have moved in to the former builders yard before a decision has been made.
Burnley Council said it was aware of the situation and was deciding what action to take.
That could include enforcement action to remove the caravans from the land, the council said.
Applicant Martyn Ward, of Winnie Hill Road, Accrington, said that the proposed site would be screened by a two metre-high boundary fence which would ensure the privacy of nearby houses.
He also said that it would not impact on Green Belt or farm land in the area.
He added: “It is reasoned that the proposal provides a suitable gipsy caravan site and would assist in meeting the demand and need to provide gipsy and traveller sites within the borough of Burnley.”
However, a campaign led by Gawthorpe ward councillor Frank Cant against the site has seen posters placed in shop windows and a petition has collected more than 500 signatures.
The proposal involves placing three caravans on the site and a small single-storey building for shower and toilet facilities.
The site would accommodate one family of up to 23 people.
Two car parking spaces would be provided on site.
A decision on whether to approve the plans is set to be made on April 2.
Comments(9)
willybob
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3:04pm Mon 22 Mar 10
RAyzer
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4:35pm Tue 23 Mar 10
r have a track record of failure to help the majority and locals!!!!!
akon
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4:36pm Tue 23 Mar 10
for doing F/ALL.
RAyzer
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4:38pm Tue 23 Mar 10
.BUT YOU CANT SPEAK OUT ITS NOW CALLED A CRIME!!!!!!!
NICEONESUNSHINE
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5:48pm Tue 23 Mar 10
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These people will add a bit of respectability to Dingleville. They are hard working and pay their way unlike the total dole dossers from Burnley who just want to sponge of the state.
ponto52
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6:29pm Tue 23 Mar 10
spreading machine around and empty it. they wont be there long.
RAyzer
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5:06pm Sun 4 Apr 10
NICEONESUNSHINE wrote:silly lass..you mean like foreign blackburn!!!dole dossers and immigrants
What are you lot on about?
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These people will add a bit of respectability to Dingleville. They are hard working and pay their way unlike the total dole dossers from Burnley who just want to sponge of the state.
RAyzer
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5:19pm Sun 4 Apr 10
urs style...like it or be tarred racist!!!!
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