Excellent news for Britain’s travelling community (and indeed those who aren’t travelling very much at all and are therefore known, officially, as ‘static travellers’). A judge has decreed that the government’s approach to planning applications on Green Belt land by gypsies is discriminatory. Henceforth, applications to build on the green belt will not be summarily rejected, but passed on to the planning inspectorate.
Of course there should be no building of any kind on green belt land, but it’s nice to think that we’ll now be able to enjoy viewing those lovely prefabs the travellers prefer. And, of course, the immense tidiness and cleanliness of the surrounding site. Are the travellers really a separate race, incidentally? Where’s the proof?
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