# Inspector rejects unauthorised traveller site appeal in Wiltshire countryside

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- Published: 2026-11-10T00:28:38+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T00:47:56+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16268611/The-travellers-vs-Earl-Traveller-turned-idyllic-beauty-spot-illegal-prison-camp-tear-losing-three-year-battle-angry-villagers.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Planning appeal rejected for an unauthorised site in Wiltshire.
- The council may require the land to be restored.
- A separate court ruling also went against Johnstone.

## Summary

A planning inspector has rejected Leeroy Johnstone’s appeal to keep an unauthorised traveller site in protected countryside near Clyffe Pypard, Wiltshire. Wiltshire Council may now take enforcement action requiring him to clear the site and restore the land, a decision welcomed by villagers who said it damaged the rural setting.

The site, established in 2023, includes three caravans, hardstanding and five-foot-high fencing in the North Wessex Downs. Inspector Laura Cuthbert said it failed to conserve the area’s natural beauty and special qualities; Johnstone had argued that his children and grandchildren needed somewhere to live. The planning case follows a separate High Court ruling that found the Earl of Inchcape owned woodland Johnstone had claimed and barred him from entering it.

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