Attleborough Have Your Say

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An area of woodland on the edge of Attleborough could be turned into a private Gipsy site after proposals were unveiled next to an existing encampment.

A planning application was submitted last week for a change of use to include six pitches, utility rooms and hard standings on land at Docking Wood, off Leys Lane.

The proposals by Anthony Gaskin, on a 0.69ha piece of woodland, fall next to another Gipsy family, which has been in the area for 25 years.

Attleborough Town Council's planning committee is set to discuss the scheme next week and residents have until November 4 to air their views.

The plans, which were submitted to Breckland Council by Shropshire-based Green Planning Solutions, include a new access point off Leys Lane.

Agent Matthew Green said in a letter to the council: "The applicant seeks permission to provide residential Gipsy pitches with utility/day room buildings to meet a recognised need for such facilities in the area and to facilitate Gipsy lifestyle." He added that the site was 1.5km away from the town centre and was bounded to the south by residential properties and by woodland and farm land on its other sides.

(article taken from EEN24)

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I see the Travellers site up by Haverscroft industrial site is getting bigger, Horses & caravans everywhere. A real nice view when travelling into Attleborough.......... NOT

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Article from EDP24

A district council has begun legal proceedings against a group of travellers that set up camp on the edge of Attleborough three months ago.

Around a dozen caravans parked up at the site of a new industrial estate, in London Road, in November.

The encampment came after Breckland Council spent more than £450,000 creating a junction and roadway to the Victory Business Park, next to the Haverscroft Industrial Estate.

A spokesman said that the local authority was awaiting a court date to seek an order to evict the travellers, who had been offered temporary accommodation at a designated short stay gipsy and traveller site off the A11 at Thetford.

“We are expecting a court date in the next seven to ten days. We decided not to move them on over the Christmas period because of the weather and they are not causing a huge amount of harm where they are at the moment,” he said.

The spokesman added that the illegal encampment had not prevented Breckland Council from actively marketing the Victory Business Park to prospective new tenants.

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