The encampment of travellers today apparently left the Riverside Business Park site that they had occupied since last week.
It is vital that site owners Welcome Estates Limited now take action to properly secure the site so it cannot be reoccupied by illegal encampments in the future.
To avoid the possibility of yet further occupation of this site and the resultant mess created immediately adjacent to the airport, I have asked the City Council’s Chief Executive to impress upon the site owners to get the site properly secured. I have also asked that the rubbish left behind is cleared up.
During the recent occupation, the City Council advised me :
“The Police have also given the landowners advice about further works they could carry out to ensure that, when the travellers have left, no-one can re-enter the site without permission.”
It is very important that swift action is taken to ensure this now happens.