Whinney Hill caravan park

MargaretR · 05-06-2008, 01:15

Whinney Hill caravan park has featured frequently in the news lately
Drug dealing, drain cover thefts, caravan thefts.
Why should our council continue to provide facilities for these pikies, when they are creating so much trouble for our community?

Is there any legal way we could get that place shut down?

derekgas · 05-06-2008, 07:00

There must be rules regarding lease of the land, or rental I would think, but I have heard in the past that they start off as caravan sites, then they start building on them, after which is it difficult to shift them, and I agree about the amount of trouble they cause.

LYNX1 · 05-06-2008, 07:14

You can't get away from them.......just been walking the dog and what did I see on Victoria St on the little car park accross from sully's but a massive big caravan with 2 dogs in a cage, and a big alsation tied to a lamp post..........they are taking over every inch of space they can get.

WillowTheWhisp · 05-06-2008, 08:11

I wouldn't object to them if they were law abiding and didn't make a mess.

jaysay · 05-06-2008, 08:49

I think that shutting this caravan park would not solve anything really, it would just spread the problem out. At least at the moment the police know where these people are, and they're not messing up playing fields and the like, there is enough prolems with travellers who pop up all over the borough and have to continually be moved on, without adding to the problem by shutting Whinney Hill

onlyme · 05-06-2008, 09:21

It used to be the case where the established sites had a 'leader' or an older chap that used to keep the youngesters in line.

When I worked in a pub that was close to a site, if there was any trouble, we used to call on the chap and it used to get sorted. If this chap was in the pub, none of the youngsters even swore let alone anything else.

I think the 'unofficial' sites are the problem. I also think that if the council had wanted to do something about them, they would. Did anyone else notice that when the council wanted the land at Eagle street for the fair, the resident caravans disappeared, but as soon as the fair had finished, they were back

cashman · 05-06-2008, 09:27

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Originally Posted by jaysay

I think that shutting this caravan park would not solve anything really, it would just spread the problem out. At least at the moment the police know where these people are, and they're not messing up playing fields and the like, there is enough prolems with travellers who pop up all over the borough and have to continually be moved on, without adding to the problem by shutting Whinney Hill

got it spot on wi that, ya got em thats fact like or not, much better to have em where they are. p.s. why ya invisible mate? i can see ya.lol

accyman · 05-06-2008, 09:35

i wouild be exteemly happy to see the caravan park moved only a mere 300 or 400 yards

that would put it in the tip and would soon be burried under all our garbage

jaysay · 05-06-2008, 10:10

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Originally Posted by cashman

got it spot on wi that, ya got em thats fact like or not, much better to have em where they are. p.s. why ya invisible mate? i can see ya.lol

Im invisible so no one will miss me when I'm gone cashy

moon · 05-06-2008, 16:06

If its the caravan site im thinking of then they are always getting into the cricket club from round the back and causing trouble!

yerself · 05-06-2008, 16:15

Why are the residents of this place referred to as 'Travellers'? Most of them have lived there for years, some of them all their life.

MargaretR · 05-06-2008, 16:16

My job used to take me visiting there in the 70s.

I have looked today on Google Earth and it looks as though that there are some caravans in the adjacent field too nowadays.

They were council tenants renting the hardstanding concrete pad and the toilet facities etc.

I do not know whether they were transferred to Hyndburn Homes when the rest of council tenants were.

The rules about 'actions leading to eviction' should apply to them in the same way as others tenants.

Drug dealers get evicted from social housing - it should apply to them too

polly · 05-06-2008, 16:18

I rather think the council has an obligation to provide the site and its facilities. Im not saying its right but if it is a law then they can't close it.

MargaretR · 05-06-2008, 16:20

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Originally Posted by polly

I rather think the council has an obligation to provide the site and its facilities. Im not saying its right but if it is a law then they can't close it.

But they will have the right to evict tenants

cashman · 05-06-2008, 16:21

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Originally Posted by [email protected]

My job used to take me visiting there in the 70s.

I have looked today on Google Earth and it looks as though that there are some caravans in the adjacent field too nowadays.

They were council tenants renting the hardstanding concrete pad and the toilet facities etc.

I do not know whether they were transferred to Hyndburn Homes when the rest of council tenants were.

The rules about 'actions leading to eviction' should apply to them in the same way as others tenants.

Drug dealers get evicted from social housing - it should apply to them too

thats a thing i do agree with, same rules should apply to ALL.