Traveller family given six months to leave land after final bid for permanent site on green belt is rejected
A family of travellers have been told they will have to leave their site after councillors rejected their application to stay on a pitch on the green belt.
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At a meeting on Tuesday, Shropshire Council’s southern planning committee voted to reject a family's bid to stay on a patch of green belt land in Tong Forge near Shifnal.
The same committee had agreed to approve 12-month temporary permission for the privately-owned traveller site in April last year, in order for other potential sites to be explored and for the council's Local Plan to progress.
The Quinn family have been on the site since late 2021, and their bid to remain has attracted much support from the surrounding community.
The original application attracted letters of support from local businesses, friends, sports clubs, Shifnal Primary School, the parish church and even the local postman.
