Councillor Jackson, who has previously received complaints about the threats, said: “I think we need to be very careful about some of the language we’re using.
“It’s not acceptable to be condoning any sort of violent action from any part of the community against gypsies and travellers so members of the public, community and elected members need to be very careful about the sort of language being used.”
She called on constructive conversations between all parties and warned of racial abuse and hostility towards travellers – calling on residents to divide bad behaviour from discrimination and saying legitimate sites promoted peaceful relations.
Following the meeting, council leader Philip Jackson said the right decision was made and that anxiety and uncertainty across the borough had been reduced.
“This is a public consultation, it’s an open and transparent consultation and we will be taking full account of the response we get from the public on those sites.”
He added other sites could still be considered.
“It is a genuine consultation so if members of the public or other statutory bodies come forward with suggestions which appear to be better than the ones we’ve got we will seriously consider those – if we’re not going to do that it’s not a proper public consultation,” he said.
Protestors outside the town hall on November 6.
The current list has been whittled down from more than 1,300 potential locations over the past five years.
The five sites proposed are:
Former youth club on Wootton Road, Nunsthorpe
Torksey Drive and Toynton Road site, off Winchester Avenue
Land under the Cleethorpe Road flyover
Garibaldi Street car park
The car park off Wellington Street
Councillors representing the wards affected again told leaders that all the proposed sites were “unsuitable”.
They were warned local businesses and community centres could close.
North East Lincolnshire Council’s cabinet meeting pushed forward with taking the plans to consultation.
Prior to the meeting protestors also gathered outside the town hall with placards reading “No to Travellers in Nunsthorpe.”
Hillary Treadwell said the site was too near to local businesses, schools and vulnerable people.
“There’s a lot of talk from some of the lesser-liked Nunsthorpe people, a small fraction, about stoning them, bottling them and petrol bombs,” she said.
“My worry is the travellers have children, if they’re petrol bombed what happens to those children? The older people are absolutely c**pping ourselves about the danger because if the Nunsthorpe people go at them, they’re going to retaliate and it’s going to spread across the estate and give it a bad name again.”
Technical assessments will now be started to put together, while the public consultation will begin once the General Election has taken place on December 12. It is expected comments will be scrutinised in early February.
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