Saturday, 10 May 2014

Valley Road Travellers’ site proposal - Yorkshire

From Ed Balls

Below is my statement that will be presented at the public meeting regarding the proposed change of use for the land at Valley Road.

Letter from Ed Balls MP for Morley and Outwood for the attention of local residents attending the public meeting on Monday 12th May regarding the proposed Travellers’ site on land off Valley Road in Morley

I’ve been contacted by a great many local residents since the planning application was made for a change of use for the site of the former distribution centre and oil refinery on land of Valley Road in Morley. Thank you to all those who have contacted me directly on this issue – I fully understand local people’s anger and frustration with the proposal from this developer.

Whilst it is clearly important to have adequate provision for Travellers’ sites across the city, as this prevents illegal encampments, I have always argued that sites must be in the right places. I believe this is clearly the wrong place for a Travellers’ site.

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