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Winchester planners recommend travellers' site gets green light
7:00am Thursday 26th August 2010 in
Planners are recommending councillors approve a controversial scheme to build a travellers’ site on farmland near Winchester.
George and Veronica Cooper want to convert agricultural land at Highbridge near Colden Common. They have asked to put one mobile home and one touring caravan on the site.
The scheme, which has attracted 18 objections, will go before members of Winchester City Council’s planning sub-committee today.
Otterbourne Parish Council, in its submission, said if this scheme was approved it would create a precedent for a larger travellers’ site. Nearby residents cited concerns over the visibility of the caravan from Highbridge Road and neighbouring properties.
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Brite Spark
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8:50am Thu 26 Aug 10
mooky9
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9:13am Thu 26 Aug 10
Brite Spark wrote:Fully agree - and if you look at tynfield where there is a permenant site it is an total disgrace - the place is filled with burnt down caravans and rubbish - o
Will they have to pay their rates like the rest of us if the site is approved? At the risk of being accused of being racist, it is common knowledge that wherever there is a travellers' site, local crime in the form of break ins and rogue traders rises dramatically. I wonder how many of the planners that are recommending this site live close to it?
including tarmac! Only about 2 bays of the 8 are filled with a home as the rest is a giant rubbish dump. Waste of time and money.
thesotonsaint
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9:14am Thu 26 Aug 10
Brite Spark wrote:Of course that is not being racist BS! If statistically crime rises when these people are prevailant, then we have a natural right to be suspicious of their motives. If I see travellers anywhere near my house, I let my family know to lock things up, and that includes Rownhams as that has suffered extensively in the past.
Will they have to pay their rates like the rest of us if the site is approved? At the risk of being accused of being racist, it is common knowledge that wherever there is a travellers' site, local crime in the form of break ins and rogue traders rises dramatically. I wonder how many of the planners that are recommending this site live close to it?
88hythe
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11:00am Thu 26 Aug 10
didicoy
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11:24am Thu 26 Aug 10
88hythe wrote:Shoot them
So what is your final solution to the gypsy problem ? I think you lot are being class racists.
Kingy82
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12:10pm Thu 26 Aug 10
hulla baloo
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12:32pm Thu 26 Aug 10
Kingy82 wrote:I take it you dont live next, or near to a travellers site, nor been on the receiving end of their 'lifestyle'
This article is factually incorrect and does not portray the true situation. The majority of the comments are appauling and very very short sighted. I cannot believe how judgemental and rude some people can be. Perhaps the writer should do his/her research properly before printing something like this.
fraggled
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12:56pm Thu 26 Aug 10
Nasty, horrible people. Didicoy has the right idea!
Kingy82
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2:21pm Thu 26 Aug 10
Victorian Principles
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3:08pm Thu 26 Aug 10
88hythe wrote:Godwins Law - you automatically lose the thread.
So what is your final solution to the gypsy problem ? I think you lot are being class racists.
Big Mac
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4:52pm Thu 26 Aug 10
Kingy82 wrote:Tar, travellers... now there's a thought.
actually I know more about actual nomadic travellers than you ever will and know the difference between them and the others you are discribing. Don't tar them all with the same brush
So, one kind invade private property, disregard the law and leave a pile of s**t behind. They help themselves to anything that's not theirs, intimidate the vulnerable and laugh in the face of justice. As for the other kind, they sit at their (most likely stolen) computers all day and comment on online topics they know naff all about. About as welcome as one of those STD's on another thread.
B. L.
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5:08pm Thu 26 Aug 10
88hythe wrote:France seems to be doing pretty good with the problem for now !
So what is your final solution to the gypsy problem ? I think you lot are being class racists.
MartinWellbourne
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7:55pm Thu 26 Aug 10
Kingy82 wrote:Brave words - but no substance. Why not correct the story here?
This article is factually incorrect and does not portray the true situation. The majority of the comments are appauling and very very short sighted. I cannot believe how judgemental and rude some people can be. Perhaps the writer should do his/her research properly before printing something like this.
OSPREYSAINT
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2:35pm Fri 27 Aug 10
S/W risk-deal = appropriate I think
B. L.
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5:26pm Fri 27 Aug 10
OSPREYSAINT wrote:True. The residents of Colden Common, Twyford, Otterbourne, Allbrook and other nearby areas, are bound to get extra police patrols though, aren't they?
Highbridge is far enough from Winchester for them not to be bothered by the potential problems, it is a bit too close to the railway for my liking, their cable is sure to go walkies bringing chaos to the travelling public.
S/W risk-deal = appropriate I think
Alternatively, why not let Cobra Security build their guard dog training facility on the same site? Two birds, one stone etc.
now in the north
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6:29pm Fri 27 Aug 10
We do have problems with dumped pony carcasses now and then due to the cost of getting rid of them properly! (£250- ish)
The reason they "leave so much rubbish behind" is because they have to settle for short periods before being evicted so why waste time making it look nice? to be booted off in a fortnight? never gonna happen!
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hulla baloo says...
7:53am Thu 26 Aug 10
Half a story Echo.