Decision details
Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople Site Allocations Plan (Pre-Submission draft)
PDF 69 KBDecision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
The Panel considered the results of the stock take on the assessment of accommodation needs and site provision for Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople.
Decision:
(1) To NOTE the progress on the preparation of the Gypsies, Travellers & Travelling Showpeople Site Allocations Plan; and
(2) To AGREE the revised programme for the preparation of the Plan, and the consequential amendment to the Local Development Scheme.
Reasons for the decision:
The Council needs to respond to the accommodation needs of its travelling communities to meet national requirements and its own corporate objectives. A delay to this work is unfortunate but necessitated by the unexpected rise in need identified in the evidence base; and the need for ongoing cooperation with neighbouring local authorities which is delayed by evidence gathering currently taking place in those areas.
Alternative options considered:
None at this stage. This Council is obliged by the National Planning Policy Framework 2012 to identify land to meet the needs of the Travelling Community.
Report author: Simon De Beer
Publication date: 13/06/2013
Date of decision: 12/06/2013
Decided at meeting: 12/06/2013 - Cabinet
Effective from: 21/06/2013
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