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.
Campaigners are urging residents to back their fight to stop a former RAF camp near Nantwich turned into a large-scale site for travelling showpeople.
The call for help comes as the Hack Green plans were re-classified as a major development by Cheshire East Council, the size of Nantwich town centre (pictured).
Police and council officials were called in to move a group of travellers off Barony Park in Nantwich.
The travellers with seven or eight vehicles and caravans, were spotted setting up on a corner of the park near Birchin Lane.
Nantwich councillors have agreed to oppose controversial plans to turn a nearby former RAF camp into a site for travellers.
The plans are to change the use of land at the old Hack Green camp off Coole Lane in Austerson, near Nantwich, to provide nine yards for 10 Showpeople families.
Residents are fighting plans to turn a former RAF camp near Nantwich into a travellers’ camp.
If given the go ahead, it would see the Hack Green RAF Camp on Coole Lane, Austerson, turned into nine large acre-size plot for travelling Showpeople’s families.
A councillor has dismissed rumours that a proposed gypsy site in the Stapeley area of Nantwich is back on the cards. Cllr Peter Groves (pictured) spoke out about the site off Broad Lane which was originally considered by Cheshire East Council among 11 possible locations.
Land off Broad Lane in Stapeley and Hack Green, near Nantwich, were both considered for possible permanent gypsy sites by Cheshire East Council, it has emerged. They were on a list of 11 sites seriously considered before the council settled on land off Parkers Road/Kent Lane, in Crewe.
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