A GIPSY should be given permission to expand a caravan site so his daughters can join him, his agent told councillors.

Mark Chattoe urged West Oxfordshire District Council to let John Webb add four caravans to his own on land off the A40 at Barnard Gate, near Witney.

Councillors deferred a decision for a site visit.

Mr Chattoe said applicant Mr Webb wanted his daughters to join him at the site. It was also was an ideal place to keep livestock, including ponies.

A 1992 plan for two caravans was rejected on highways grounds but Oxfordshire Council Council, the highways authority, has not objected this time.