Council: Travellers' building work "unauthorised"
5:18pm Wednesday 15th April 2009 in News
Patrick Hanrahan and children from the group of travellers, who "just want a place to call home" pictured beside the stop notice
BUILDING work carried out by travellers who want to set up their home in Princes Risborough was “unauthorised” and has been temporarily stopped, councillors have said.
Wycombe District Council have said it became aware that the work was being carried out at Hemley Hill, a greenbelt site in an area of outstanding natural beauty south west of Princes Risborough, on Good Friday.
It issued a temporary stop notice to the landowners on Sunday April 12 ordering all building work on the site to stop.
Cllr David Carroll, Wycombe District Council's Deputy Leader, said: “Our staff continue to work hard to protect the character of our district and ensure that developments are appropriate, legal and do not cause distress to local residents.
“Their prompt action over the Easter weekend has ensured that unathorised building work at a site in an area of outstanding natural beauty has been temporarily stopped, which will allow further investigations to take place.
He added: "We would like to take this opportunity to remind landowners that they should find out if there are any planning restrictions on their land and whether planning permission for any potential development would be required."
Members of the public who want to report breaches in planning control are asked to complete a complaint form online at www.wycombe.gov.uk/planning - planning enforcement.
Information about how to report noise nuisance is available online at www.wycombe.gov.uk/environment - pollution.
Comments(12)
yog
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5:28pm Wed 15 Apr 09
It's comedy Carroll again!
Tref
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7:56pm Wed 15 Apr 09
What about the Holmer Green 'showmen' group? Have they been stopped? Doesn't look like it to me.
Townman
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7:39am Thu 16 Apr 09
Steve Totteridge Hill
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10:28am Thu 16 Apr 09
I wonder IF anyone from WDC reads this? If so they'd soon work out where I'm talking about...shame they won't do anything about it.
So many out there just build away and stick their fingers up at the officials and nothing happens. If only WDC planning and building control could see what a laughing stock they are in this mixed up pc world of ours.
The ones with their fingers in the air are laughing the hardest whilst the rest of us follow the rules and get nowhere when we do draw attention to the rule breakers.
code words... hear-know...how apt.
Shylock
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11:31am Thu 16 Apr 09
Ha ha security words view-they
Slacker
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11:32am Thu 16 Apr 09
They continually want sympathy for their cause as having no plots to stay in and then they go and do something like this.
Malc London
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5:14pm Thu 16 Apr 09
Voyeur
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1:00am Fri 17 Apr 09
How can anyone expect him to do anything to resolve this problem?
They will simply move them on, once again.
J B Blackett
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4:59pm Sat 18 Apr 09
1:07pm Wed 15 Apr 09
This weekend, like many weekends, I ordered a curry from my local takeaway/pub. On the phone whilst ordering, it sounded like there was a riot going on in the background. On going through the door to pick up my take-away it sounded like the riot was still ongoing. To my surprise it was just one family behind the door.
The volume was incredible, the shreaking ear piercing, the air blue with swearing. Whilst waiting for my order, the owner asked the group to keep it down as the din was disturbing the other customers and room residents upstairs. The response? Raise the volume up a notch and keep going.
The rest of the customers, in true British fashion, sat there in grim faced silence.
As I left I pondered the fact that it's only every couple of years you come across people so obnoxious and abhorrent.
Then to my surprise the next day I see this story. The very same family are now engaging in a PR campaign - on giving them a chance!
Sorry,you had your chance, and you blew it within 24 hours of arriving.
Risborough's traders don't need people destroying their livelihoods at this time.
erm
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11:16am Sun 19 Apr 09
SW - wind-goal
Steve Totteridge Hill
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1:52pm Sun 19 Apr 09
erm wrote:No he's holding on to his Rothmans.
is the kid downing a can of beer? SW - wind-goal
You ain't seen me says...
5:24pm Wed 15 Apr 09