POWYS councillors are to decide a planning application that would give gypsies and travellers an established site to stay on while visiting the Royal Welsh Show.
Carol Gittins has applied for changing the used of Ysgiog Field in Builth Wells from agricultural use to a temporary stopping site for two weeks every year for five years.
Powys County Council have been using the site with the landowner’s approval since 2014.
A site management document shows that the authority is required legally to provide a site for travellers.
The document states: “For more than 30 years gypsies and travellers have traditionally gathered in Builth Wells for a fortnight period for the purpose of attending the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show.
“This is a time for families to travel to meet socially with their extended families from all over Wales and the United Kingdom to embrace their culture and ethnicity and pass their customs on to the younger generation.”
A project team provides welfare facilities to allow the families access to clean water and sanitation facilities as well as disposing of rubbish during the two-week period.
If there is no campsite there are fears there would be problems in the area, according to the document.