LETTER: Treatment of family is not FAIR

The family were offered a new position on the opposite side of Swinecote Road.

Not ideal, but at least it was a new home. 
However, they still needed to apply for planning permission. No problem you would think, evicted from your home, offered the new position by the council.What could go wrong?
Well apparently a certain conservation problem has arisen whereby an objection has been lodged because the new location is in the sight of St Marys’ Church steeple,a Grade I-listed building. 
Apparently this objection has been tackled and dismissed only for a second one to be raised regarding being in sight of a village conservation area, Church Street.Now the church and Church Street have been in existence for centuries so.

Who offered this new location to the fair if conservation was going to be compromised?

Seems a bit of an embarrassment.

While all this is taking place, no preparation work has been undertaken for the resiting of the fair, unlike the site for the new visitor centre where tree felling has already started.

This delay will cost the family dearly. It has in effect taken away their livelyhood.

They should now be setting up for the season but in reality if the planning issues are sorted now, it will be half over before they are resited.

The rumour in the village is that with the enforced moveit was hoped in some quarters that the family would retire and a ‘problem’ would disappear.These delays and obstacles only add fire to those rumours.

Hopefully things will be sorted soon but what compensation will the family be able to claim for loss of earnings?
Food for thought. Send all enquiries to Newark & Sherwood District Council.

Trevor Haywood

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