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This section introduces the plan's approach to accommodation for Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople. National policy requires the housing needs of these groups to be assessed and planned for. The council will meet identified needs on suitable sites in sustainable locations and maintain a five-year supply of pitches and plots, guided by its Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment of July 2025. Existing sites will be safeguarded while need remains, and needs will be met through a mix of safeguarding, extending existing sites and allocating new ones.
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3 Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople
3.1 National Policy sets out that within the context of establishing need (housing), the
size, type and tenure of housing needed for different groups in the community should
be assessed and reflected in planning policies and specifically refers to travellers as
one of these groups.
3.2 The council will seek to meet identified needs on suitable sites in sustainable
locations and to maintain a five -year supply of deliverable pitches/plots taking into
account the findings of the council’s Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation
Assessment (July 2 025) and any subsequent updates. All the identified Gypsy,
Traveller and Travelling Showpeople sites /yards within the district will be
‘safeguarded’ to ensure that the permitted use as a traveller site is not lost through
the grant of any subsequent planni ng permission whilst there remains a need for
sites.
3.3 There are a range of different methods to meet identified need, and often a
combination of methods is often most effective. The approaches can be categorised
as a criteria -based policy approach, extension of existing sites /yards, allocating
entirely new gypsy and traveller sites/travelling showpeople yards, or allocating parts
of strategic general needs housing sites. A combination of approaches will be utilised
in order to meet the need identified