![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/traveller-dad-of-six-wins-battle-to-expand-caravan-site-for-his-family/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/crop-20313750.jpg&description=A TRAVELLER dad-of-six has won a battle to expand his caravan site "to keep his family together". Tracy McCready was at war with his neighbours and the council over several new pitches but has finally claimed victory. Tracy McCready has been granted permission for several new caravan pitches despite complaints from localsCredit: Terry Harris "Snobby" locals in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, had claimed he and his family were criminals who would "bring an increased risk of crime" to the area and collectively submitted more than 200 objections. The local authority subsequently denied him permission over concerns about alleged anti-social behaviour. But a defiant Tracy refused to back down and pushed on with his application which has finally been approved. It means the landscaping business owner is now permitted to build four new traveller pitches on his current site in the village of Bitteswell, where there are currently 42. He has plans for eight extra caravans and mobile homes because his recently married son needs more space as his family grows. Tracy previously said: "You need a home for your family and we need more space for ours. We live together as one big family. "There is nowhere else for them to go in the borough. "If permission is not granted they would have to move 100 miles to the other end of the country and then would need to find work." With four cousins, plus their parents and kids, a brother-in-law and his mum and dad, living on the site, Tracy said it was already feeling crowded. And as his son has not long married and is wanting children, and teenage boys in the family "need their own space", more room was essential, he added. Harborough District Council's planning committee gave the green light as "it was clear there was a desire for the family to live and stay together". Plus no evidence that Tracy was connected to the alleged criminal behaviour was found and there was unlikely to be any impact on roads or highways, the Planning Inspectorate said.){kind=link}
A TRAVELLER dad-of-six has won a battle to expand his caravan site “to keep his family together”.
Tracy McCready was at war with his neighbours and the council over several new pitches but has finally claimed victory.
“Snobby” locals in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, had claimed he and his family were criminals who would “bring an increased risk of crime” to the area and collectively submitted more than 200 objections.
The local authority subsequently denied him permission over concerns about alleged anti-social behaviour.
But a defiant Tracy refused to back down and pushed on with his application which has finally been approved.