Burn Travellers’ site public meeting - Yorkshire

From the Press

CAMPAIGNERS against a new Travellers site in Burn near Selby have announced a public meeting to explain their views.

The announcement was made yesterday, on the same day plans to create the 15-pitch site on ten acres of land at Burn Airfield, were resubmitted to Selby District Council.

Burn Against New Site (BANS), which includes residents, members of the parish council, and residents of Henwick Hall and some of the Hillcrest gipsy and Traveller community, claim the additional pitches would reduce the quality of life in the village.

They will host an open day, including a short, rolling presentation, and handouts, with members of the gipsy and settled communities on hand to discuss the campaign with the public.

Resubmitted plans for the site, which could cost up to £940,000, stated: “The scale of the individual pitches have been designed to provide land per household to accommodate family sized pitches, which is capable of providing a private amenity building, a large trailer and touring caravan, drying space for clothes, small garden area and a parking space for a vehicle.”