Saturday, 21 June 2014

Rasen and Caistor ‘encampment’ fears - Lincolnshire

From the Market Rasen Mail

West Lindsey District Councillors fear the district may take more than its ‘fair share’ of gypsies, and Market Rasen and Caistor could become “Gypsy encampments”

The Prosperous Communities Committee has deferred a decision until July to accept a consultants report on Gypsy and Traveller accommodation to give its members more time to better understand its implications.

The Gypsy and Traveller Assessment has proposed to nearly double Gypsy sites in West Lindsey to 92 pitches- more than proposed for neighbouring authorities.

Kelsey councillor Lewis Strange said he was not anti-Gypsy but “most of these Travellers have just jumped over the border from North Lincolnshire where there are no sites.”

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