Gypsy site to be discussed at meeting - Wiltshire

From the Salisbury Journal

THE future of a Gypsy site that was refused planning permission will be discussed at a meeting on Thursday.

The Cooper family, who own the Hillbilly Acre site on Southampton Road, wanted permission for a four-pitch Gypsy site with eight mobile homes.

But residents in the neighbouring areas of Clarendon and Alderbury have fought the plans since April last year and were overjoyed in June when planning inspector Richard Clegg rejected the Coopers’ appeal following a lengthy planning inquiry.

Now Wiltshire Council ’s enforcement team must decide what action to take, as David Cooper and his family are already living on one of the plots and have already carried out some development.

A report will be presented to the southern area planning committee at its meeting in the City Hall tonight outlining the proposed action the council might take.

The council’s officers have undertaken further investigations of the site since the appeal decision and are seeking legal advice on six possible breaches of planning control.