The council will be starting a six-week consultation period to consider potential sites.
The government has made it clear that councils across the country have to provide enough sites to meet the needs of gipsies and Travellers.
A recent survey of North Wiltshire highlighted that 24 additional permanent pitches are needed in the district.
It is also looking for suggestions of other land in the NorthWiltshire area that could be suitable.
More information about what types of land might be suitable can be found www.northwilts.gov.uk/ldf
This consultation is running until Friday June 20 during which the council will hold special consultation events at each of the council's five area
committees.
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CommentPosted by: Disgusted of, Westbury on 3:00pm Thu 8 May 08
4 miles off the Dorset coast should be fine.
4 miles off the Dorset coast should be fine.
Posted by: DILLIGAF, Westbury on 3:04pm Thu 8 May 08
What is the shortage? The Southwest is chock full of camping sites. Let these filthy parasites use them the same as everyone else. Of course they will have to pay which is probably something that they won't like doing. They usually just steal what they want.
What is the shortage? The Southwest is chock full of camping sites. Let these filthy parasites use them the same as everyone else. Of course they will have to pay which is probably something that they won't like doing. They usually just steal what they want.
Posted by: virgo, Chippenham on 5:54pm Thu 8 May 08
Ithink the age of caring and sharing is not dead certainly reading the comments so far. I bet neither disgusted nor dilligaf have ever met a gypsy and just go on the sterotype? the whole problem is that the South west is not full of sites that is the reason why they are being asked to provide them! I take it neither of you are Christian or for that matter even very human.
Ithink the age of caring and sharing is not dead certainly reading the comments so far. I bet neither disgusted nor dilligaf have ever met a gypsy and just go on the sterotype? the whole problem is that the South west is not full of sites that is the reason why they are being asked to provide them! I take it neither of you are Christian or for that matter even very human.
Posted by: j, trowbridge on 6:44pm Thu 8 May 08
[quote][bold]virgo[/bold] wrote:
Ithink the age of caring and sharing is not dead certainly reading the comments so far. I bet neither disgusted nor dilligaf have ever met a gypsy and just go on the sterotype? the whole problem is that the South west is not full of sites that is the reason why they are being asked to provide them! I take it neither of you are Christian or for that matter even very human. [/quote] well lets put them in your back garden
virgo wrote:
Ithink the age of caring and sharing is not dead certainly reading the comments so far. I bet neither disgusted nor dilligaf have ever met a gypsy and just go on the sterotype? the whole problem is that the South west is not full of sites that is the reason why they are being asked to provide them! I take it neither of you are Christian or for that matter even very human.
well lets put them in your back garden
Posted by: DILLIGAF, Westbury on 6:52pm Thu 8 May 08
Maybe you'd like them to come and Tarmac your drive for you virgo?
Maybe you'd like them to come and Tarmac your drive for you virgo?
Posted by: Sarah Jane Newbury, Sunny Trowbridge on 8:28pm Thu 8 May 08
Anything to add walter?
Posted by: mrsclunky, melksham on 9:49pm Thu 8 May 08
[quote][bold]Disgusted of[/bold] wrote:
4 miles off the Dorset coast should be fine. [/quote] here here, i hate "travellers" no one wants them on their patch, they tend to steal, con and make people's lives a misery, the idea of being travellers is so they are supposed to travel? not park up for months or even years taking the p**s out of the laws and regulations the rest of us have to abide by.
well done disgusted and dilligaf for saying what the rest of us are thinking
Disgusted of wrote:
4 miles off the Dorset coast should be fine.
here here, i hate "travellers" no one wants them on their patch, they tend to steal, con and make people's lives a misery, the idea of being travellers is so they are supposed to travel? not park up for months or even years taking the p**s out of the laws and regulations the rest of us have to abide by.
well done disgusted and dilligaf for saying what the rest of us are thinking
Posted by: GSXRRRSP, WESTBURY on 10:34pm Thu 8 May 08
stick it in walters garden!!!!
stick it in walters garden!!!!
Posted by: Necker, Trowbridge on 11:10pm Thu 8 May 08
They do not respect us, we should not respect them.
They appear faster than a Labour stealth tax, then fight from the position of "Possesion is nine tenths of the law"
They seem to have it all sewn up. We are mugs and the law is an ****.
Where can they live? is the question of this story.
Where ever they please seems to be the answer and... asking us [bold]NOW[/bold] where they can go is fighting a reargaurd action as usual. This question is aimed at helping them again!!
Are'nt they lovely people the gypsys.
Awww... all cuddly and needy.
They do not respect us, we should not respect them.
They appear faster than a Labour stealth tax, then fight from the position of "Possesion is nine tenths of the law"
They seem to have it all sewn up. We are mugs and the law is an ****.
Where can they live? is the question of this story.
Where ever they please seems to be the answer and... asking us
NOW where they can go is fighting a reargaurd action as usual. This question is aimed at helping them again!!
Are'nt they lovely people the gypsys.
Awww... all cuddly and needy.
Posted by: old jarge, beanacre on 6:13am Fri 9 May 08
They b'aint never wanted anywhere. Although the Jews have hijacked that there Holocaust, Gypsies were victims too. Even among them Romanians, what's lower than folk from Trowbridge, Gypsies be the trash.
They b'aint never wanted anywhere. Although the Jews have hijacked that there Holocaust, Gypsies were victims too. Even among them Romanians, what's lower than folk from Trowbridge, Gypsies be the trash.
Posted by: chipper, chippenham on 8:44am Fri 9 May 08
[quote]NORTH Wiltshire District Council is encouraging people across the district to help find possible sites for the gipsy and traveller community.[/quote]
How about the car park at the council offices - then the council officials will be able to keep an eye on them, and then tell us if they really are as bad as some of the above contributors are implying.
NORTH Wiltshire District Council is encouraging people across the district to help find possible sites for the gipsy and traveller community.
How about the car park at the council offices - then the council officials will be able to keep an eye on them, and then tell us if they really are as bad as some of the above contributors are implying.
Posted by: realistic old man, West wilts on 8:48am Fri 9 May 08
Sorry, Disgusted, but why the urge to pollute the Dorset coast when there is a perfectly fine site called Mount Crushmore ? ? ?
Sorry, Disgusted, but why the urge to pollute the Dorset coast when there is a perfectly fine site called Mount Crushmore ? ? ?
Posted by: natasha, trowbridge on 11:40am Fri 9 May 08
[bold]Will have you know not all gipsies are bad...im quarter of one...they aint that bad at all...i say find a campsite that doesnt really get used as much or a field some where for the horses aswell..[/bold]
Will have you know not all gipsies are bad...im quarter of one...they aint that bad at all...i say find a campsite that doesnt really get used as much or a field some where for the horses aswell.. Posted by: natasha, trowbridge on 11:40am Fri 9 May 08
[bold]Will have you know not all gipsies are bad...im quarter of one...they aint that bad at all...i say find a campsite that doesnt really get used as much or a field some where for the horses aswell..[/bold]
Will have you know not all gipsies are bad...im quarter of one...they aint that bad at all...i say find a campsite that doesnt really get used as much or a field some where for the horses aswell.. Posted by: Necker, Trowbridge on 1:56pm Fri 9 May 08
[quote][bold]natasha[/bold] wrote:
[bold]Will have you know not all gipsies are bad...im quarter of one...they aint that bad at all...i say find a campsite that doesnt really get used as much or a field some where for the horses aswell..[/bold] [/quote] Thats fine but the gypsies we are talking about do not have horses unless you class tarmac lorries, white vans, mobile homes and beat up untaxed and unroadworthy cars as horses.
natasha wrote:
Will have you know not all gipsies are bad...im quarter of one...they aint that bad at all...i say find a campsite that doesnt really get used as much or a field some where for the horses aswell..
Thats fine but the gypsies we are talking about do not have horses unless you class tarmac lorries, white vans, mobile homes and beat up untaxed and unroadworthy cars as horses.
Posted by: mummy 1, trowbridge on 3:00pm Fri 9 May 08
Well said Necker
Posted by: Alex Zivojinovich, Wiltshire on 5:23pm Fri 9 May 08
Natasha....which quarter of you is the gypsy bit? I got a suggestion.....lol
Natasha....which quarter of you is the gypsy bit? I got a suggestion.....lol
Posted by: Alex Zivojinovich, Wiltshire on 5:26pm Fri 9 May 08
Funny! I thought they all drove Range Rovers with all that money they are saving employing Poles to do their paving and tarmacing. And of course all those taxes they keep in their pockets.
Funny! I thought they all drove Range Rovers with all that money they are saving employing Poles to do their paving and tarmacing. And of course all those taxes they keep in their pockets.
Posted by: YetiJoe, Trow on 8:26pm Fri 9 May 08
If they want to have a permanent home, buy one and pay tax on it.
"Real" gypsies i.e. the ones who used to appear fromtime to time in Semington with a caravan drawn by the horse have never irritated me.
As Necker says, they are simply abusing the system and all taxpayers.
If they want to be travellers, then travel on, otherwise send in the crand with a ball and chain to clear the trash away.
If they want to have a permanent home, buy one and pay tax on it.
"Real" gypsies i.e. the ones who used to appear fromtime to time in Semington with a caravan drawn by the horse have never irritated me.
As Necker says, they are simply abusing the system and all taxpayers.
If they want to be travellers, then travel on, otherwise send in the crand with a ball and chain to clear the trash away.
Posted by: Your mum, Chipp'nhaaaam on 7:51pm Sat 10 May 08
There's a nice plot of land they can have - just down the road a bit, like, sort of towards Scotland, up that road somewhere[bold][bold]bold[/bold] [/bold]
There's a nice plot of land they can have - just down the road a bit, like, sort of towards Scotland, up that road somewhere
Posted by: Alex Zivojinovich, Wiltshire on 7:12pm Sun 11 May 08
Just hang on a wee bit tha noo. Theres a better spot in Russia I can think of and after a few generations of mutation, they may return in their Range Rovers and double axled caravans as normal human beings. Free from the urge to pave and tarmac. They may even want to buy a house and pay taxes!
Just hang on a wee bit tha noo. Theres a better spot in Russia I can think of and after a few generations of mutation, they may return in their Range Rovers and double axled caravans as normal human beings. Free from the urge to pave and tarmac. They may even want to buy a house and pay taxes!
Posted by: Yali, UK on 7:49pm Sun 11 May 08
They got Range Rovers ? B*****r, better get rid of mine in case I am mistaken for one.
They got Range Rovers ? B*****r, better get rid of mine in case I am mistaken for one.
Posted by: Yali, UK on 7:51pm Sun 11 May 08
Traveller that is.
Posted by: Alex Zivojinovich, Wiltshire on 8:41pm Sun 11 May 08
I'm guessing you have a tax disc on yours Yali. Big difference. If you dont...you may be right. Get rid.
I'm guessing you have a tax disc on yours Yali. Big difference. If you dont...you may be right. Get rid.
Posted by: chipper, chippenham on 4:26pm Mon 12 May 08
Looks like they've made their own decision - moved in on Stanley Park over the weekend!!!!
Looks like they've made their own decision - moved in on Stanley Park over the weekend!!!!
Posted by: Alex Zivojinovich, Wiltshire on 9:49pm Tue 13 May 08
Bad luck chipper ol boy. If you can move it, better screw it down. Abbeyfields better watch out.
Bad luck chipper ol boy. If you can move it, better screw it down. Abbeyfields better watch out.
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