Decision details

(1)        That the following proposals be recommended to the Council for approval:

(a)        That all site owners, relevant Town and Parish Councils, known local Residents' Associations and the local travelling community be informed of the decision from the Minister for Decentralisation to revoke the direction which had required the Council to prepare a separate Gypsy and Traveller Development Plan Document;

(b)        That further work on the Gypsy and Traveller Development Plan Document be ceased immediately;

(c)        That the Council’s website be updated as soon as was practical;

(d)        That the options and issues consultation work be discontinued; and

(e)        That, as an impact of the decision above, those residents who own land or live in the vicinity of affected sites be reassured of the restoration of the identified sites to the planning status previously possessed as appropriate prior to the Direction of September 2007; and

(2)        That the advice received from Counsel on this matter also be noted.