They are an anachronism like bodgers, coopers, blacksmiths and rag and bone men. Seasonal work and flogging pegs no longer provides a living. In Scotland since the 1950s, the majority of Highland Travellers have settled down into organized campsites or regular houses. If they can do it, why not the rest?

A paper by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, 2007, found that 61% of married English Gypsy women and 81% of Irish Travellers had experienced domestic abuse. And a significant number of those women who had reported the abuse appeared to have suffered more severe and sustained violence than those within mainstream communities.
This is a way of life you wish to preserve? Shame on you!

prior consultation, consent and compensation,

If the compulsory purchase is deemed to be in the public interest it over rides the concerns of the landowner, should agreement not be reached. The actual compulsory purchase procedure is covered by the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (as amended).