3.1 Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople have particular accommodation needs that require additional consideration. To ensure that members of these communities are able to access decent and appropriate housing with access to services including health and education, the Council must make provision for accommodation to meet identified needs.
3.2 All the identified Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Sites 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 planning permission whilst there remains a need for sites. The Preferred Policy below seeks to safeguard existing Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople sites.
| Preferred Policy on Sites for Gypsies and Travellers and Travelling Showpeople |
Allocation and Safeguarding Existing Authorised6 Sites
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Question 65 Do you think the Preferred Policy for Sites for Gypsies and Travellers and Travelling Showpeople is the right approach? If not please identify how the preferred policy could be changed. |
3.3 Preferred Policy Option 5 in Part 1 of this consultation document explains that the additional needs over the 2016-2031 period identified for Gypsy and Traveller households arose from sites which had temporary planning permission at the time of the assessment, both of which have since been granted permanent planning permission with the decisions confirming that the households meet the definition for Travellers. The identified needs of those households have therefore been met and will continue to be met through safeguarding the existing sites and/or future site intensification.
3.4 Preferred Policy Option 5 in Part 1 of this consultation document recognises that existing authorised sites and tolerated yards are able to meet future needs for Travelling Showpeople accommodation. Therefore, whilst there is no need to allocate further sites, there is a need to safeguard these existing authorised sites to ensure that their permitted use is not lost through the grant of any subsequent planning permission whilst there remains a need for them
3.5 The preferred sites for gypsies and travellers and travelling showpeople are shown below.
Preferred Sites for Gypsies and Travellers and Travelling Showpeople
| Site Ref. | GT1 | Site | The Oaklands, Bedmond Road, Bedmond | ||
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Current Use | Gypsy and Traveller Site | |||
| Proposed Use | Gypsy and Traveller Site | ||||
| Type of Permission | Site is permanently permissioned | ||||
| Site Ref. | GT2 | Site | Fir Trees, Dawes Lane, Sarratt | ||
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Current Use | Gypsy and Traveller Site | |||
| Proposed Use | Gypsy and Traveller Site | ||||
| Type of Permission | Site is permanently permissioned | ||||
| Site Ref. | GT3 | Site | Rear of 59 Toms Lane, Kings Langley | ||
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Current Use | Gypsy and Traveller Site | |||
| Proposed Use | Gypsy and Traveller Site | ||||
| Type of Permission | Site is permanently permissioned | ||||
| Site Ref. | GT4 | Site | Land between Langleybury Lane and Old House Lane, Langleybury | ||
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Current Use | Gypsy and Traveller Site | |||
| Proposed Use | Gypsy and Traveller Site | ||||
| Type of Permission | Site is permanently permissioned | ||||
| Site Ref. | GT5 | Site | Land Adjacent to 321B Uxbridge Road, Mill End, Rickmansworth | ||
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Current Use | Gypsy and Traveller Site | |||
| Proposed Use | Gypsy and Traveller Site | ||||
| Type of Permission | Site is permanently permissioned | ||||
| Site Ref. | GT6 | Site | Rear of 317-319 Uxbridge Road, Mill End, Rickmansworth | ||
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Current Use | Travelling Showpeople Site | |||
| Proposed Use | Travelling Showpeople Site | ||||
| Type of Permission | Site is permanently permissioned | ||||
| Site Ref. | GT7 | Site | Rear of 321 Uxbridge Road, Mill End, Rickmansworth | ||
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Current Use | Travelling Showpeople Site | |||
| Proposed Use | Travelling Showpeople Site | ||||
| Type of Permission | Site is permanently permissioned | ||||
| Site Ref. | GT8 | Site | Brickfield Farm, Carpenders Park | ||
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Current Use | Travelling Showpeople Site | |||
| Proposed Use | Travelling Showpeople Site | ||||
| Type of Permission | No explicit permissions but current use is tolerated and has been in existence for over 15 years. A certificate of lawfulness would be granted if sought. | ||||
| Site Ref. | GT9 | Site | Deadmans Ash Lane, Sarratt | ||
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Current Use | Travelling Showpeople Site | |||
| Proposed Use | Travelling Showpeople Site | ||||
| Type of Permission | No explicit permissions but current use is tolerated and has been in existence for over 15 years. A certificate of lawfulness would be granted if sought. | ||||
Question 66 Do you agree with the approach of allocating the existing Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Sites in order to safeguard their existing use? If not, please explain why. |
6 ‘Authorised’ relates to sites that have planning permission and those that have been in existence for over 15 years with no explicit permissions where a certificate of lawful use would be granted if sought.
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