An enforcement and a stop notice have been issued by the district council at a traveller site on the outskirts of Warwick.

Warwick District Council issued a temporary stop notice at the end of May after works started to build a campsite along Henley Road near the M40.

Construction had begun on site over the bank holiday weekend, without any planning permission for the development.

The temporary notice prevented any work happening for 56 days, and the local authority has this week followed up on it.

"Warwick District Council served both an enforcement notice and stop notice on this site on 23 July 2024," a council spokesperson told Nub News.

"There is a right of appeal against the enforcement notice prior to it becoming extant on 26 August 2024.

"The stop notice is in force permanently."

A planning application has also been submitted by Philip Brown Associates Limited to turn the field into a base for 12 families.

The application says the residents - who now own the site - do not currently have a lawful place to park their caravans, and the new site would allow them a permanent home.

A number of objections have now been submitted by local residents, raising a range of issues - many not relating to planning issues.

Planning documents submitted alongside the scheme concede the proposal "constitutes inappropriate development in the green belt".

But it said repurposing the site would actually "prevent urban sprawl "by keeping land permanently open" - as the green belt is designed to do.

"In this case the proposed development would involve some loss of openness in spatial terms but visually, would not be prominently located or obtrusive in the landscape," the application explained. 

"The caravan site would be substantially screened from public view and, the visual impact on openness would be limited."

One note of support has been put forward by a local resident.

Andrew Owen said: "I am all for supporting these family's set the site up properly and it will be great."

See the full application here.