Traditional Gypsy caravan travelling through the High St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 3JF

More at https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/cheltenham-news/plans-permanent-traveller-sites-cheltenham-1503955 Plans for permanent traveller sites in Cheltenham - but will they help stop illegal camps? "The problem is wherever the council puts the sites, the travellers don’t want to stop on them" Concerns are mounting that plans for traveller sites will not be enough to stop illegal camps in Cheltenham. Travellers have pitched up without permission on several patches of land in the spa town over recent weeks. Cheltenham Borough Council leader, Councillor Steve Jordan, believes this "annoying" issue will be tackled by the Joint Core Strategy (JCS). The document includes plans for three traveller and gypsy sites in Cheltenham, two in Gloucester and 78 in the borough of Tewkesbury by 2031. Recent problems There have been camps this month in the car parks at the Leisure At Cheltenham centre, Cheltenham Racecourse and North Place. And travellers moved 15 vehicles onto the borough council-owned Elmfield Park on Monday. They ignored an eviction order served on Tuesday, but Cheltenham Magistrates' Court today made a new order that they leave. Plans for more sites The three sites planned for Cheltenham, all permanent, will be in Castle Dream Stud, in Mill Lane, Charlton Kings, where one traveller family has lived since 2011. They have permission to stay there until 2022, but this is set to be made permanent.