Bid to keep workers' caravan site open

A soft fruit supplier hopes to continue housing seasonal workers in 84 caravans at its east Leeds farm.

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Makins, which supplies UK supermarkets with strawberries, said it needs space for up to 325 fruit pickers.

The company has applied to Leeds City Council to extend the use of its static caravans which are located at Sturton Grange Farm in Micklefield, near Garforth.

Time-limited permission was first granted in 2009 to house mainly European workers who arrive in the UK under the Seasonal Worker visa scheme.