Plans for a new travellers’ site in West Norfolk have been turned down over fears regarding the environment, infrastructure and water drainage. Proposals to create the site for 10 plots on Station Road in West Dereham were submitted to West Norfolk Council in September last year. South West Norfolk MP and former Prime Minister Liz Truss joined nearly 100 others in objecting to the plans in December – when some nearby businesses warned her that they would have to close if they went ahead. On Friday, these fears were alleviated when a planning officer at West Norfolk Council refused the applicat…
