Preferred gypsy site shortlist confirmed

By The Newsroom
Published 23rd Mar 2013, 15:00 BST
ROTHER Council’s Cabinet Committee this week confirmed a final shortlist of preferred gypsy sites, including two in Battle.

Sites at Beeches Brook, Battle, Greenacres Farm, Battle and Telegraph Point, Coldharbour Farm, Brightling, are to be taken forward to meet needs for travellers’ pitches up to and beyond 2016.

This follows site visits on January 18 and February 6.

A fourth site recommended for approval - at Cherry Tree Nursery, Flimwell - has been removed pending further investigation.

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This could include a visit from the council’s enforcement team to gauge the effect removal of existing polytunnels might have, as these helped to ‘disguise’ a caravan already on the site.

Principal planning officer David Marlow told Rother’s Cabinet on Monday that, as of next month, the authority must maintain a five year supply of suitable sites.