From Steve Barclay
It’s great news that Fenland District Council has refused planning permission for a Travellers’ site at Hook Road in Wimblington.
I wrote to the planning committee regarding plans to develop eight Travellers’ pitches at the site on Hook Road after residents contacted me highlighting their concerns at the suitability of land earmarked for development as well as the knock on impact this would have on the local village community.
The proposed development would have seen the land used to site 4 mobile homes and 4 touring caravan pitches. Amongst the principal objections were the lack of basic street lighting and sewage management systems as well as a lack of access roads.
This decision is an example of local people having a real voice in planning decisions that directly affect them and I am very glad that the Council has responded so positively to our calls to halt these plans.
The developers of the proposed site now have six months to appeal the Council’s decision and I will continue to support local residents in their campaign to ensure that that plans for development in Wimblington stand to benefit the wider community.
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