A COOKLEY resident says there is a “conflict of interest” in the owner of a plot shortlisted for travellers pitches also being the Government agency responsible for delivering Gypsy sites.
The issue was brought up when nearly 250 people packed into Cookley Village Hall for a meeting about the former Lea Castle Hospital site becoming a potential home to 15 Traveller pitches.
Gill Hill, spokeswoman for The Crescent and Axborough Lane action group, told outraged residents that the land was owned by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA), part of the Department for Communities and Local Government, which is pumping £60 million into finding accommodation for Gypsies and Travellers nationwide.
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