Fury at Gypsies vote - Lincolnshire

From the Spalding Guardian

Questions should be asked why a councillor who had the power to stop controversial plans for a new Travellers’ site next to the A16 in Spalding remained silent and did not vote.

This is the view of a Cowbit resident who has already spoken to the Local Government Ombudsmen and is considering making official complaints to South Holland District Council against Cowbit ward member Coun Anthony Casson and planning committee chairman Coun Roger Gambba-Jones.

Villagers in Cowbit have been fighting the plan for land off Drain Bank North to replace an illegal site in Gosberton Clough, fearing the impact the Travellers would have on their homes.

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