Travellers' site set to open opposite new Market Drayton housing estate after plans approved

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Market DraytonPublished: May 27, 2023Last Updated: May 28, 2023Comments

A permanent travellers' site is to open next to the A53 – across the road from a 209-home estate where houses are selling for £370,500.

The caravan advertising the gypsy/traveller site

The site – in Market Drayton – will have five pitches, each with two caravans, one static caravan and one mobile home.

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