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Whilst I appreciate the need to supply sites for travellers to use whilst travelling around the countryside,why do Local Councils feel the need to compulsory purchase land that has belonged to generations of families to sell to the traveller community surely the Landowners have as much right to keep their land just as travellers claim the right to have places to reside whilst travelling?
I strongly object to the proposal of destroying agricultural, nature rich land in and around Bishops Tachbrook for the purpose of creating hard standing traveller sites which if not controlled could become "eyesores". Residents close to these proposed sites have paid a premium to live in a village and for the view ,will they be recompensed? As they have rights too.
If the Traveller Community have requested a site at Europa way surely it makes common sense to grant their wish as they continue to break down barricades put in place to stop them in an attempt to gather together. These sites are set up for electric,water sewage etc and anybody who knows the traveller community they will look after their own "patch" if it's where they WANT to be ! These large family Communities will only reside where they WANT to be and will not be governed by Councils, so maybe instead of the Councillors choosing the land listen to the travellers !