Up to 12 Gypsy and Traveller families will be able to live on land north of Burwell. The site off First Drove already had planning permission for six pitches for Gypsy and Traveller families, but had not been fully built out. Owner Thomas Pateman asked East Cambridgeshire District Council for permission to increase the number of pitches allowed up to 12. Each plot could include one mobile/chalet home, one touring caravan and a day room. The brownfield site has various commercial uses but was described in the application as “vacant and untidy”. It said: “Mr Pateman and his family were all born …