Hawarden councillors met last week and recommended fresh proposals for a permanent camp for Gypsies on land off Magazine Lane be rejected when they go before Flintshire County Council’s planning committee.
Cllr Dave Hough said he feared east Flintshire could become a ‘dumping ground’ if the plans for a Travellers’ site – and proposals for a waste plant in Deeside – come to fruition.
Before members voted unanimously against the plans, he said: “I say throw it out – I don’t want it.”
Angry residents formed Ewloe Green Action Group to battle the plans 18 months ago and scores of campaigners sent letters of objection to the county council.
A public meeting held last summer was attended by more than 200 people opposed to Green Planning Solutions’ proposals to station residential caravans on five pitches and create utility buildings and spaces for touring mobile homes.
They say the plans are out-of-keeping with the area and have concerns about traffic, drainage and sewage, and also maintain the ‘green barrier’ between Ewloe and Northop Hall shouldn’t be developed.
Hawarden councillors also say there is adequate provision for Travellers in the county already.
Green Planning Solutions’ plans were recently resubmitted after progress with the initial proposals stalled, and the action group said anyone who formally objected will now have to do so again.
A spokesman said: “Interested parties need to submit fresh letters containing their observations to Flintshire County Council’s environment and planning department.
“Alternatively, comments can be submitted online at www.flintshire.gov.uk by finding application number 049152 on the planning applications database then clicking on the comment link.”
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