Villagers outraged as planning permission granted for Travellers' site - Dorset

From the Dorset Echo

A TRAVELLERS’ site proposed for a Dorset village has been likened to a concentration camp.

The Gypsy Council claims that planned security measures are unacceptable and will deter travellers from using the site at Piddlehinton.

And questions have been raised over the way a decision to approve the site was reached.

Villagers reacted with anger when Dorset County Council’s planning committee granted permission for a temporary transit site at Piddlehinton for the next three summers.

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