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Harborough Local Plan 2011-2031, Proposed Submission
Representation ID: 5745
Received: 29/10/2017
Respondent: Mrs Christine Horsfall
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
This is an opportunistic application for use of agricultural land. The fact that the land has been neglected is irrelevant and indeed has probably benefitted wildlife. There is a traveller site a few miles away outside Ullesthorpe and a Showmens' site on the outskirts of Lutterworth. A recent report has shown that there is only a shortage of 780 pitches nationally with most of these needed in the south east as travellers move to find work. Therefore this application is unnecessary and probably would not be enforced leading to a larger number of pitches being provided.
This is an opportunistic application for use of agricultural land. The fact that the land has been neglected is irrelevant and indeed has probably benefitted wildlife. There is a traveller site a few miles away outside Ullesthorpe and a Showmens' site on the outskirts of Lutterworth. A recent report has shown that there is only a shortage of 780 pitches nationally with most of these needed in the south east as travellers move to find work. Therefore this application is unnecessary and probably would not be enforced leading to a larger number of pitches being provided.