Decision Deferred on Travellers' Site
| Published: 17th July 2007 12:27 |
A decision on whether or not to reject nearly £1m of government money to build a travellers' transit site in Monks Brook, Swaythling, near Eastleigh, has been deferred until tomorrow (18th July). All 48 Southampton City Councillors will then have a chance to vote on the matter, thanks to a motion proposed by Councillor Jacquline Rayment.
Rejection would help to seal the fate of the Monks Brook location in Swaythling. Planning permission was narrowly granted last month for a 12-caravan transit site.
The ruling Conservative party had hoped to scupper the controversial plan, which was condemned by many local residents amid concerns about speed limits, queuing caravans, falling house prices and relocating protected slow worms.
The Conservatives had hoped to reject the £997,000 government funding for the Monks Brook site and not go ahead with building the transit site, saving the council £736,000 towards the project's highways costs, by taking a unanimous decision at the all-party Cabinet meeting yesterday.
However, Ms Rayment's motion means that councillors from all three parties will now vote on the issue.
Please visit this site in the forthcoming days to find out the outcome.
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