A hearing is set to take place to decide whether a traveller camp near the M40 can remain in place.

Warwick District Council served an enforcement notice to stop work on the Henley Road site in May 2024, after work to build a new campsite started over the bank holiday weekend.

This was appealed by the landowners, with a public inquiry to be held in December. This was then cancelled as a separate planning application was submitted for the development.

Multiple objections have been submitted against the scheme, and it is due to be decided at a one-day hearing on July 29.

"Upon further review the Inspector has decided a roundtable hearing procedure is appropriate to determine the appeals," an update said.

If approved, the planning application by Philip Brown Associates Limited would see the field turned 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.

"These families do not currently have lawful pitches and have come together to acquire the application site to provide themselves with a settled base," the plans state.

"The provision of a settled base would allow these families to access health and education services, and avoid the necessity for unauthorised camping."

Budbrooke Parish Council is one of the objectors.

"No exceptional circumstances have been provided that would outweigh the harm this development would cause to the openness of the countryside, the change of use and its impact on the green belt," the objection said.

Councillors also said the access to the site - onto a 50mph road - was not appropriate, particularly for caravans accessing the development.

See the full application here.