By Hayley Robinson

Villagers are due to find out tonight (November 11) if a gipsy site is to become a permanent feature in Upchurch.

Planning officer Jim Wilson recommended approval for the retrospective planning application to change the use of land at Orchard Park in Oak Lane, to a private traveller site.

Planning committee members deferred making a decision when they met last month so officers could prepare a report.

Mr Wilson still recommends that the application be approved by members when they meet at Swale House, East Street, Sittingbourne, at 7pm tonight.

Residents sent 58 letters of objection to Swale council. Temporary planning permission granted in 2006 expired on March 27 last year. Upchurch Parish Council said the village already has more than eight sites.