A planning inspector has ruled that traveller Michael Delaney must vacate land in Crawley Down, West Sussex, where he built a caravan park without permission. Inspector Paul Freer described the development as a 'blatant, contemptuous and egregious' example of intentional unauthorised development, causing 'unacceptable' harm to the landscape and protected habitats, including for great crested newts. The site must be cleared of all static caravans and infrastructure and restored to its previous condition.
