Travellers

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Obviously Dale Farm is in the news at the moment, but I've come home to find that our village is now the preferred site for a traveller settlement of 30 caravans.

Irrespective of views of the travelling community, the major concern is the impact this will have on the price of our property. The settlement would be some 800 yards up the road from our estate. We're frantically trying to pay the mortgage off quickly in any case, as it is our only way to move to a bigger house, but this is now a massive concern.

I read an article that stated something about 'private land owners' withdrew their offers of land after too many complaints from local residents - I didn't know that was how the council provisions land for travellers, by renting it?! I thought it would be provided on council land?!

The news in the local public house is that the land 'proposed' in our village - a disused farm, is already owned by a promenant member of the travelling community. If that is the case, objections won't necessarily mean anything?!