by Chris Malone
Plans to create a number of gypsy caravan sites in Cambridgeshire now seem to be up in the air after three proposals were dropped.
South Cambridgeshire District Council is set to provide 88 permanent gypsy pitches on the edge of Cambridge and its surrounding villages, but is unsure of where exactly these will be, Cambridge News reported.
It has claimed that it needs to wait on government guidelines being published before it acts. Yet the council has already ruled out three sites in Cambourne, Bassingbourn and between Madingley Road and Huntindon Road in Cambridge.
The plans drew representations from more than 5,000 people, with 1,300 rejections coming from Bassingbourn alone – a figure representing more than half of the village’s population.
South Cambridgeshire District Council member and new communities chief David Bard explained that the delays to the process were causing locals distress.
“We do . need to await news from the government on the changes to the planning system before we can make much progress,” he told the news provider.
In other news, thisishampshire.net has revealed that an antique gypsy caravan has been stolen from a barn in Stockbridge.
