Fresh delay into probe over planned Travellers’ site - Bedfordshire

From the Leighton Buzzard Observer

A public inquiry into moves to turn scenic Green Belt land into a Travellers’ site in Miletree Road, Heath and Reach, has been adjourned until March 19.

Travellers were contesting the refusal by Central Beds Council to grant planning permission for six mobile homes, touring caravans and facilities, on a field they own on the outskirts of the village.

In April a six-month planning battle came to an end when the authority won legal backing to have the site, which had already been laid with a tarmac access road and rail-and-post pitches.

On Tuesday a three-day inquiry was due to be held in a last ditch attempt by the site’s owners to open up the land for Travellers.