Site Used By Travellers Near Scarborough Could Be Made Permanent - Yorkshire

From Yorkshire Coast Radio

It'll be decided this afternoon whether to make a site used by Travellers near Scarborough more permanent.

Council planners are recommending that land between Seamer and Crossgates is allowed for a temporary caravan site for up to 14 days a year.

It would be used during the Seamer Horse Fair every year.

Jill Lowe is the Plannning Manager at Scarborough Borough Council. She says: "The provision of this site has resulted in less harm to the community than having no site available. Previously we have had unauthorised encampments elsewhere in the locality and that's created more difficulty for the local community."

"It would restrict the site to being used for only 14 days per year, because in fact, the site has never actually been used for more than 10 days in any one year in any event."