Stockton Gypsy caravan site proposals could be scrapped after "phenomenal" public response - Couty Durham

From the Northern Echo

A COUNCIL leader is to tell the Government he wants to scrap all plans to create up to six Gypsy sites.

Bob Cook, leader of Stockton Borough Council, will ask for special dispensation to “start from scratch.”

He said the move follows a “phenomenal” public response over proposals for six new Gypsy sites which sparked “one of the most controversial consultations we’ve ever had.”

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