Council funding for new Datchet travellers' site described as 'madness' by UKIP councillor - Berkshire

From the Royal Borough Observer

QUESTIONS have been asked about why a council has had to fork out £350,000 to help build a new privately-run Travellers’ site.

Royal Borough UKIP councillor Tom Bursnall has waded into the row over the new Gypsy and Traveller site with 10 pitches to be built on land at Datchet Common, in Horton Road.

The new site was granted planning permission last month despite being on flood plain and Green Belt land, and the Royal Borough’s cabinet also agreed to put forward £350,000 funding to help build the site.

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