TRAVELLERS have set up an unauthorised encampment on a disused coal power plant site.
Caravans, motorhomes and vehicles have set up the camp on the site of the former Poole Power Station off Rigler Road, by the Twin Sails Bridge on the A350.
Police and the council both have been made aware and are working on removing the travellers from the site.
A Dorset Police spokesman said: “We received a report at 1.06pm on Friday 4 August 2023 of an unauthorised encampment on land near to the Twin Sails Bridge in Poole.
“Officers attended and are liaising with the local authority.”
A council spokeswoman said: “We have been made aware of an unauthorised encampment at Jefferson Avenue close to the Twin Sails Bridge.
“Council staff will be visiting site to carry out the statutory welfare and educational needs assessment, along with any necessary risk assessments in order to determine the level of support to be given to the group.”
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