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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