The latest group of travellers camped on Barony Park in Nantwich have until midday today to leave, council chiefs said.
Enforcement officers served a Section 77 Notice on the travellers yesterday to leave by noon.
Cheshire East Council enforcement teams are dealing with another illegal traveller encampment on Barony Park in Nantwich.
The travellers arrived yesterday afternoon (July 6), three weeks after a previous group left following a week-long stay on the park and nearby Volunteer Fields which involved two court applications.
Council officials are back at magistrates court today in a further bid to evict travellers from their encampments in Nantwich.
A number of travelling families set up camp on Barony Park and nearby Volunteer Fields a week ago.
A cross-party working group of community members has met to tackle the problems of travellers illegally setting up camps on Barony Park in Nantwich.
Councillors from all parties, officers from Cheshire East and Nantwich Town Council, and Cheshire police officers and residents’ representatives, have met to address the issue.
Grass mounds could be installed around Barony Park in Nantwich to stop travellers “plaguing” the town, a council boss has revealed.
The plan emerged as Cheshire East Council chiefs face a rising tide of unofficial traveller camps being set up on public land.
Residents called on councillors to take action after the latest case of travellers illegally setting up camp on Barony Park in Nantwich.
Families on Park View and surrounding streets have complained about anti-social behaviour of travellers, including fires being set alight, indecent exposure, and criminal damage.
Villagers near Nantwich are celebrating after the Planning Inspectorate dismissed an appeal to turn former RAF camp at Hack Green into a travellers camp.
Applicants representing nine traveller families, known as Hack Green Group, wanted to turn the former camp into nine plots.
A summer soccer school for youngsters at Nantwich Town’s Weaver Stadium has been cancelled after travellers set up camp on the club’s car park.
The NTFC Community Football Facebook page announced the move and issued apologies for the cancellation.
Nantwich Town has been forced to postpone an event after travellers have taken over the club’s car park on Waterlode.
The club said it was forced to postpone the “Players Meet & Greet” event due to safety fears.
Council chiefs claim they are trying to reclaim Barony Park in Nantwich after travellers set up camp there almost a week ago.
Families with more than 20 caravans and vehicles arrived on the council-owned park last Friday (June 3).
Travellers who have occupied a council-run car park close to Nantwich town centre are likely to be moved in the next 24 hours.
The travelling families set up camp on Love Lane car park over the weekend.
Nantwich Town has been forced to cancel community football sessions, blaming “intimidating” Travellers who set up camp on land next to the Weaver Stadium.
Club chiefs say the behaviour of teenagers among the Traveller families forced them to abandon sessions on Thursday and cancel the weekend session.
Planners have recommended a controversial bid to turn former Hack Green RAF camp near Nantwich into a large-scale site for travelling families, is rejected.
The plan is to create nine large plots on the site off Coole Lane in Austerson, for showpeople families to live and store fairground equipment.
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