Travellers will carry on being a nuisance

6:18pm Tuesday 13th May 2008

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TRAVELLERS will keep using a plot of land and causing a nuisance to nearby residents, according to a councillor.

Alan Fisher, Wychavon District Councillor, believes people living in Martin Hussingtree and Fernhill Heath have not seen the last of groups of travellers who keep pitching up on land at Sandway on the A38.

He said: "What tends to happen is one lot goes and they contact another group and they come in.

"These people have a right to live somewhere but my argument is we all have that right but we all pay and contribute to the local economy and they don't contribute one iota."

The latest group of travellers left the site on Monday, six days after they arrived with caravans.

It is thought the land has been used by travellers as many as eight times in a year prompting discussions by North Claines Parish Council members about the possibility of digging a ditch around the plot preventing access.

Worcestershire County Council officers and West Mercia Constabulary visited the site, but didn't take action to remove them as they were assured all the vehicles would be leaving over the weekend.