What a shame, what a waste, what a tradjedy. Millions wasted , violent clashes, and many families now in need of housing.
All they needed was to find a legal site for them to live on and they would have gone. What a waste
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You appear to have zero understanding of the pikeys' way of life, or at best a wilful misunderstanding. I really hope they don't end up near you or I, and for that reason alone I would have let them stay. They thrive on the intimidation of innocent people, thievery and playing the system for all it's worth.
Your prejudice appears to be showing. All people should be judged as individuals, not along some ethnic generalization
I don't know about you personally, but Greens usually tend to be against the idea of building over greenbelt land. I don't see why it should be any different just because it was "travellers" that were building on it.
They were offered alternative accommodation, but they refused it.
I understood they offered 3 homes for dozens of families. I don't suppirtbuilding on green belt unless for a very good reason.
My other blog looks at this in more detail. Greenconstructionuk
The site was a scrap yard before the travellers bought it. Half of it was legally occupied but they failed to get planning permission for the other half. Seems to mé for 18 million and all the trouble it would have been better to let thewm stay where they were. Not even much of a precedent to be honest - the UK is littered with properties that have flouted planning permission - some get caught ...some not
Hard to describe a scrapyard as a greenfield .
Better ways to spend 18 million
Shame on the Council for seemingly not noticing all those 'illegal' properties being built which caused all this.
If I buy a piece of land and build a house on it that I don't have permission for then I know that the council will demand that I remove it and if I fail to do so they will do it for me and charge accordingly. That is the law. Why should it be any different for anyone else?
The amazing thing here is that it has taken 10 years !
It has to be said Adrian, you have your green glasses on over this one .
Not in Reading Howard!
(See the saga of the Southampton Street property in the Post last week).
Not the fault of the enforcement officers, just the lack of political leadership leading to the wrong outcome here, just as at Dale Farm.
The Romany's or in this case 'Staymany's' found the law convenient when ruling in their favour and opposed it when it opposed them.
Steve has pretty much hit the nail on the head - Adrian you seem to miss the point that not all people are really nice, down trodden, law abiding do gooders like the Green Party.
It should be Gareth. The guy in Southampton St had permission for some of what he built , but was clearly taking the mickey by building bigger and differently. RBC should surely give him a certain amount of time to comply.........or else.
By the way what did happen in the end to the hotel on the Bath Rd that seemed to accumulate extra rooms when being built and (if I remember correctly) an extra level ?
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