Plans for an additional travellers pitch on former agricultural land in Seend has been approved.

Anne-Marie Harahan Land at A361, Trowbridge Road has won planning permission to change the use of the Trowbridge Road land to allow for one more pitch at the site.

According to the planning conditions placed on the bid, no more than two caravans, of which only one can be static, can be sited on the land.

The land has been occupied lawfully since 2017 when the applicant submitted a bid for a Static Mobile Home, Dayroom, hardstanding for turning area, parking for a Tourer and two vehicles together with a septic tank.

The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald: Proposed site and location plans for the Seend Travellers pitchProposed site and location plans for the Seend Travellers pitch

The parish council strongly opposed the bid however, noting that the 2017 application saw 150 letters submitted against the application which led to the resignation of the chairman and vice chairman of the parish council at the time.

It said: “There is still strong parishioner opposition to this new planning application for an additional static pitch, just a resignation from many, who despite their views, feel that Wiltshire Council will again not listen to their concerns.

“Hence there may not be as many letters of objection compared with the previous application, yet the strength of feeling is still the same.”