Members of the Gypsy and Traveller community say they are pleased with plans for additional pitches to be provided at an existing site in Newark. A number of new pitches have been proposed by Newark and Sherwood District Council, who are required to provide at least 118 pitches until 2033.
Most of these pitches will be provided at the existing site on Tolney Lane, Newark, but other pitches are also planned for existing sites in Ollerton, Chestnut Lodge in Barnby-in-the-Willows, land north of Winthorpe Road in Newark, Appleby Lodge on Barnby Road in Newark and the former Belvoir Iron works in Newark. Residents already living at the Tolney Lane site say they are pleased to see that the council is creating new pitches in the area for the community.
Emily Heeps, 36, explained that there were already around 20 or so sites off Tolney Lane, but a new council site would be great as it would mean better facilities. She said: "I said I was definitely up for that and I asked about putting a name down for that.
