Proposed traveller site on Wetherby Road
Despite a crude attempt by the Council to disguise their true intentions it has become clear that the site for a duplex 30 pitch traveller (gypsy) caravan site is on Wetherby Road. Ref GT1 on the above map.
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The Council referred to the location as “Moor Lane”.
The site is located halfway between the edge of the City and Rufforth and is near the Harewood Whin waste disposal site.
It is the field that was to have become a salvage and reuse centre when the Beckfield Lane recycling centre closed. That project was jettisoned by the Council’s Labour administration in 2012 and it is now clear that they had other plans for the area.
Many residents will be concerned that there has been no consultation about these proposals which were omitted from last years document.
In the revised Local Plan the proposed “Showman’s Yard” site has been moved from Wetherby Road to Elvington with a note added saying that any other capacity could be provided on industrial estates.
