Issue - meetings

Report of the Cabinet Member for Planning and Development

RESOLVED

(i)         That the draft Gypsy Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Site Allocations of Land Preferred Strategy and Sustainability Appraisal documentation be published for a six week period of consultation from 21^st April to 2^nd June 2017.

(ii)        That the Cabinet Member for Planning and Development be authorised to agree minor editorial changes.

REASONS

(i)         The recommendations are required to ensure that the statutory requirements in the The Housing Act 2004 and Town and County Planning (Local Planning) England Regulations 2012 are met.

(ii)        To meet the Council’s stated commitment in the Horsham District Planning Framework to publish a site allocation document to identify sites for Gypsy and Traveller sites.

(iii)       It is both necessary and appropriate to invite public participation in the preparation of a new planning document for the District.

The Cabinet Member for Planning and Development reported that the adopted Local Plan for Horsham District (the Horsham District Planning Framework (HDPF)) included the allocation of land for 39 net additional permanent residential pitches for Gypsies and Travellers within the period 2011–2017 and a policy setting out the criteria by which any applications for non-allocated sites would be considered. 

However, as the HDPF only provided allocations for Gypsy and Traveller sites until 2017, it was recognised in the Local Plan that further work would need to be undertaken to identify and monitor need, and to provide for additional pitches beyond the initial five year planning period.  It had been envisaged that these sites would be identified in a Site Allocations Document and this document had now been developed for consultation purposes.

The draft Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Site Allocation of Land Development Plan Document (DPD) included detail on the national and local context for providing accommodation for Gypsy and Traveller site provision; the results of the updated Gypsy and Traveller accommodation needs assessment; and the process by which potential sites for allocation for Gypsy and Traveller land had been considered together with details of the preferred locations.

Approval was now therefore sought for the publication of the Gypsy Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Draft Site Allocations of Land Preferred Strategy for consultation purposes.

            RESOLVED

(i)         That the draft Gypsy Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Site Allocations of Land Preferred Strategy and Sustainability Appraisal documentation be published for a six week period of consultation from 21^st April to 2^nd June 2017.

(ii)        That the Cabinet Member for Planning and Development be authorised to agree minor editorial changes.

REASONS

(i)         The recommendations are required to ensure that the statutory requirements in the The Housing Act 2004 and Town and County Planning (Local Planning) England Regulations 2012 are met.

(ii)        To meet the Council’s stated commitment in the Horsham District Planning Framework to publish a site allocation document to identify sites for Gypsy and Traveller sites.

(iii)       It is both necessary and appropriate to invite public participation in the preparation of a new planning document for the District.