Group moves to new site in Baildon after being moved from Shipley (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
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Group moves to new site in Baildon after being moved from Shipley
4:40pm Saturday 4th September 2010 in
Bradford Council was continuing to chase a group of travellers around the district today after they moved to a site in Baildon.
More than a dozen families moved to Green Lane, Baildon, yesterday, after spending a period at Redbeck playing fields, Shipley, following an eviction from Thompson Lane, Baildon.
A few days earlier they moved there from a site about 500 metres away in Coach Road.
Councillor Martin Love (Green, Shipley) said the group was served a short notice to get off Redbeck fields as Shipley Primary School was due to go back today. He said: “They left that in quite a bad state but nothing like what Thompson Lane had been left in.
“They left there on Friday morning and turned up on Green Lane.
“The Council officers told me on Friday that they were already preparing to get them moved off there, but goodness knows where they are going to go next.”
Councillor Love said he was to call for a meeting between Council officers, the police, the area co-ordinators and councillors to discuss a longer-term solution.
He said: “This is taking a disproportionate amount of officers’ time, it’s costing an awful lot to clean up and it’s causing distress and concern to residents.”
Councillor Love said the Council had to bring in an industrial cleaning company to clear the site at Thompson Lane.
Councillor Val Townend (Con, Baildon) said she had been contacted by concerned residents after the group moved to the site off Green Lane.
She said: “The Council are serving them notices and then they are moving on to another site, but I don’t know why they have chosen the Shipley and Baildon area. They are just moving from place to place and they are leaving things in such a mess.”
Comments(11)
tyker
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6:28pm Sat 4 Sep 10
NO need to keep getting orders and to keep moving them on.
Up with the partridge
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6:36pm Sat 4 Sep 10
Brent_Meister
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7:01pm Sat 4 Sep 10
bredandbuttered
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7:59pm Sat 4 Sep 10
Brent_Meister wrote:Ha ha!
Am I the only one that thought of the 'Benny Hill' music when I clicked on the article?
yorkshiremags
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10:50pm Sat 4 Sep 10
albion
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11:13am Sun 5 Sep 10
yorkshiremags wrote:There are two in Bradford.
I don't get this at all. A site was made up for them a few years ago. It's off Otley Road at the bottom of Baildon. I was round that area with a friend, looking for a caravan site and a lot of them were still there.
DBObserver
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12:45pm Sun 5 Sep 10
yorkshiremags wrote:Is it NOT obvious, the council has to provide a licensed site according to the law, its at Esholt, part of the Baildon Ward, its the only site in BDMDC area, its too small for the MDC area, its full with a waiting list, and these are probably the worst of the travellers and have been rejected from the waiting list, Bradford MDC needs to provide more licensed traveller sites. This one was landed on the fringe of Baildon when Esholt was not part of Baildon Ward, but part of a ward where the majority of the ward was on the other side of the river. Pre BDMDC and Yorkshire Water, (1970s) Esholt was Bradford council land because of the sewage works. So the site was out of sight out of mind from the view from the old council area.
I don't get this at all. A site was made up for them a few years ago. It's off Otley Road at the bottom of Baildon. I was round that area with a friend, looking for a caravan site and a lot of them were still there.
albion
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1:29pm Sun 5 Sep 10
DBObserver wrote:The one on Bowling Back Lane (Mary Street) wasnt out of sight or mind.
yorkshiremags wrote:Is it NOT obvious, the council has to provide a licensed site according to the law, its at Esholt, part of the Baildon Ward, its the only site in BDMDC area, its too small for the MDC area, its full with a waiting list, and these are probably the worst of the travellers and have been rejected from the waiting list, Bradford MDC needs to provide more licensed traveller sites. This one was landed on the fringe of Baildon when Esholt was not part of Baildon Ward, but part of a ward where the majority of the ward was on the other side of the river. Pre BDMDC and Yorkshire Water, (1970s) Esholt was Bradford council land because of the sewage works. So the site was out of sight out of mind from the view from the old council area.
I don't get this at all. A site was made up for them a few years ago. It's off Otley Road at the bottom of Baildon. I was round that area with a friend, looking for a caravan site and a lot of them were still there.
bigheart
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5:12pm Sun 5 Sep 10
what mess?
I live just off the redbeck field. and I wasn't too happy to see the travellers arive, but when they moved on a few days later the so called mess was around 15 bin bags all tied,all placed in neat piles with a box of empty bottles ready to be picked up. the mess came when local children, and wandering pets got into the bags a day later.
not many people like traverls, but it is not right to blame them from somthing they didn't do.
puddin
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8:12pm Sun 5 Sep 10
bigheart wrote:Why couldn't they take it to the tip like we have to. It would appear they dont need to remove their own rubbish as the council does it for free!
"Councillor Martin Love (Green, Shipley) said the group was served a short notice to get off Redbeck fields as Shipley Primary School was due to go back today. He said: “They left that in quite a bad state but nothing like what Thompson Lane had been left in." what mess? I live just off the redbeck field. and I wasn't too happy to see the travellers arive, but when they moved on a few days later the so called mess was around 15 bin bags all tied,all placed in neat piles with a box of empty bottles ready to be picked up. the mess came when local children, and wandering pets got into the bags a day later. not many people like traverls, but it is not right to blame them from somthing they didn't do.
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garyb says...
5:03pm Sat 4 Sep 10
They are not invisible people. They all have registered owners I'm sure for their vehicles. Litter is a crime. If I threw down a crisp packet I would be fined 60 quid so what's the problem here?