Teresa Cullen, a Nottinghamshire county councillor for the Broxtowe Alliance, said she receives weekly messages about the site and recognises the worries of local residents.
But she also said some of those living in the vans and motorhomes have no other choice, because of the cost-of-living and housing crises.
“If you come on a Friday or Saturday evening, it’s campervan city, all the way along,” she said.
“Problems occur when there’s people without the proper facilities.
“There’s nothing illegal in sleeping in a caravan by the side of a canal on a residential street but it isn’t nice to tip your rubbish out on the floor.”
She suggested a solution could be a designated campers’ site in the borough, and parking restrictions overnight.
She added: “I feel like we should have a grown up conversation about it and find out what is going to be the best solution both for the local residents and the people in the vans.”