# Unauthorised traveller camp must be cleared of caravans after appeal dismissed

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/unauthorised-traveller-camp-must-be-cleared-of-caravans-after-appeal-dismissed/
- Published: 2026-11-15T02:25:46+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-15T04:25:16+00:00
- Original publisher: GB News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.gbnews.com/news/lichfield-news-traveller-camp-cleared-appeal-dismissed
- Topics: Cybersecurity, Technology, World

## Key points

- Appeal against the enforcement notice was dismissed.
- Caravans and unauthorised works must be removed.
- The site must be restored within a year.

## Summary

The Planning Inspectorate has dismissed an appeal against Lichfield District Council’s enforcement notice for an unauthorised traveller camp on Woodhouses Road, Burntwood. The decision means the site must be cleared and restored, after the inspector found that the development harmed the openness of the Green Belt and that there were no very special circumstances to justify it.

The council served the notice on 22 May after identifying several breaches of planning control. Occupants must stop using the land as an encampment and remove caravans, belongings, unauthorised water and electricity connections, a hard surface, a septic tank and all waste. The compliance period was extended from five months to one year; the council says it intends to restore the land as soon as possible.

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