A GYPSY has vowed to fight plans to evict him from his own plot of land in a Wolds village declaring that he does not want to cause any trouble.
And Irish traveller Anthony Quinn has strenuously denied allegations made by several villagers in Nafferton that he is using dykes near his site on Back Carr Lane to dispose of toilet waste.
He told the Driffield Times & Post he would even be willing to take a DNA test to prove any such waste found in the waterways was not his.
He has also rubbished claims that a generator he is running at the site is causing a noise disturbance, alleging that he is using a ‘super silent’ generator.
And Mr Quinn has denied that a dog allegedly howling through the night is his.
“I don’t want to cause any trouble. I have been there for four years and no-one has bothered me and I have never bothered anyone,” Mr Quinn said.
Mr Quinn has unsuccessfully appealed against East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s refusal to allow him to site a caravan permanently on his plot of land on three separate occasions.
He now faces eviction from the site, which he occupies for half the year, after his latest appeal failed eight months ago.
ERYC planners told Mr Quinn that the development would harm the appearance of the countryside and the site was unsuitable for its proposed use, while the area’s need for gypsy sites was currently low.
But earlier this year several villagers contacted Nafferton Parish Council concerned that Mr Quinn was still occupying the site in spite of the council’s decision.
The allegations about noise and the disposal of the contents of Mr Quinn’s chemical toilet were raised at the Parish Council’s January meeting.
Now Mr Quinn, who spends half the year travelling, has returned to the area where his children and partner live, determined to fight any eviction process and to clear his name amid the allegations over noise and the dumping of toilet waste.
“I’m waiting for eviction and I’m going to appeal it,” Mr Quinn said.
As previously reported the ERYC were pressing ahead with eviction plans but the process had been slowed by “human rights and legal processes.”
A spokesman for the East Riding of Yorkshire Council said this week that the Council were still working on the case.
“The Council is considering enforcement proceedings given that an appeal has already been dismissed by a government Planning Inspector and the planning and legal officers are working on the case currently,” he said.