Hopes rise as controversial 'calling in' of green belt Traveller site appeals is challenged in High Court

From the Travellers' Times

GYPSIES and Travellers across the UK are waiting on tenterhooks for the outcome of a crucial High Court challenge to Secretary of State Eric Pickles’, controversial policy of ‘calling in’ and predominantly overturning His own Planning Inspector’s recommendations to allow Traveller site planning appeals.

On the 10th June one Romany Gypsy and three Irish Traveller families are in the High Court launching a Judicial Review of the Secretary of State’s policy of ‘calling in’ Traveller site appeals for personal determination. The families are saying that the policy is discriminatory, breaks the Equalities Act and ignores the Government’s own planning policy.

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see also: The Independent - Eric Pickles accused of illegally blocking Traveller sites