Decision details

Traveller Accommodation Assessment 2017

Decision Maker: Licensing and Planning Policy Committee

Decision status: For Determination

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decision:

The Committee:

(1)          Considered the findings of the TAA, agreed to its publication and agreed that there was no current requirement for the emerging Local Plan to include a target for Traveller pitch provision;

(2)          Agreed that there was an outstanding accommodation need for non-travelling Travellers and that this need should be considered as a specialised component of the Borough’s wider housing need;

(3)          Considered the outputs of the TSAA, agreed to its publication and agreed to it being used to inform the preparation of any future site allocation options;

(4)          Acknowledged and thanked the Gypsy and Traveller Working Group for their contribution towards the preparation and production of the evidence base documents.

Report author: Mark Berry

Publication date: 13/07/2017

Date of decision: 12/07/2017

Decided at meeting: 12/07/2017 - Licensing and Planning Policy Committee

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