Gobowen chalet work begins without permission - Shropshire

Plans for a chalet and caravan site on the edge of Gobowen – which have already been partly built – look likely to be refused by council chiefs.

There has been opposition to the plans by Romany Gypsy couple Jerry Berry and his wife, who have applied for permission to site four chalets and provide space for four touring caravans on the land opposite Henlle Park Golf Club.

But members of Selattyn and Gobowen Parish Council and local residents have said the land is in a rural area unsuitable for residential development and say work has already begun without permission.

Objectors have also claimed the land was a former tip and could be contaminated land.

In a statement, the couple, who have five children, say they previously lived at Shropshire Council’s Gypsy site at Park Hall where Mrs Berry was born. The family have said they have had to move because of overcrowding and a long waiting list for pitches there.