Bristol city council to give van dwellers temporary sites in affluent areas

Green-led authority to provide 250 pitches in richer neighbourhoods rather than poorer parts of the city

Bristol city council has vowed to open temporary sites for people who live in vehicles in some of the most affluent neighbourhoods rather than trying to shift them to more deprived areas.

The Green-led authority is aiming to provide 250 pitches on “meanwhile sites” – often plots of land about to be developed – for vehicle dwellers by the spring.