THE Police and Crime Commissioner for Warwickshire Philip Seccombe is to organise a round table meeting involving all agencies responsible for tackling the problems caused by unauthorised traveller encampments in the county.
The meeting, which will be held within the next few weeks, will look at the current situation and examine how effectively agencies work together.
Police and County Council representatives – including the two Gypsy and Traveller liaison officers – will be invited, with representatives of the five district and borough councils and the county’s six MPs.
Alongside the current policies and practices of each responding agency, the meeting will also consider whether lessons can be learned from approaches taken elsewhere in the country and discuss if current legislative powers are sufficient.
It follows the announcement this week by Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council that it will put its own policy on dealing with such issues up for debate and discussion by its Scrutiny Committee, following a number of recent unauthorised encampments in the borough.
Mr Seccombe said: “I understand the numbers of unauthorised encampments in Warwickshire have risen in recent years by around 30 percent and I fully understand the difficulties they can cause to local residents and to businesses.
“It is therefore vitally important that the agencies with statutory responsibility to deal with these issues work together quickly and effectively.”
4th Jun, 2026
