Calls to declare ‘state of emergency’ over Glastonbury van-dwellers

Glastonbury news: Council told to declare state of emergency as van-dwellers with ‘complex needs’ descend on historic town

A councillor has urged the Somerset Council to declare a state of emergency over a historic town's escalating van-dweller situation. Councillor Susannah Hart, who represents the festival-hosting town of Glastonbury, raised the issue during a communities scrutiny committee meeting in Taunton last Thursday.According to the most recent data from late February, 131 individuals are residing in vans, caravans or motor homes on Glastonbury's roadsides,…

Calls to declare ‘state of emergency’ over Glastonbury van-dwellers

Somerset Council has been working to secure a site to provide safe accommodation for the 'non-bricks and mortar' community