To recommend to Council the draft Gypsy and Traveller Plan for approval prior to submission.

1.      That the total number of pitches and plots required to 2031 recommended by Opinion Research Services in the Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showperson Accommodation Assessment Update 2013, attached at Appendix A to the Executive report be approved.

RECOMMENDED to Council      

1.      that the draft Pre-Submission Gypsy and Traveller Local Plan, attached at Appendix B to the Executive report, be approved for the purposes of Publication and Submission to the Secretary of State; and

2.      to authorise the Director of Sustainable Communities, in consultation with the Executive Member for Sustainable Communities – Strategic Planning and Economic Development, to make any minor amendments to the Gypsy and Traveller Local Plan:

         (i)           prior to Publication;

         (ii)          after Publication but before Submission; and

         (iii)         during the Examination process.