Object
Draft Local Plan
Representation ID: 15635
Received: 10/05/2016
Respondent: Basildon Borough Council
Brentwood Borough Council have an identified need for Gypsy and Traveller pitches within the Essex Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Accommodation Assessment (GTAA). The Assessment established a need for 84 pitches for the plan period of 2013-2033. It is not clear where all of the proposed Gypsy and Traveller pitches would be located and further evidence of this should be provided. The Brentwood Borough Council Draft Local Plan recognises the recent changes made to national policy relating to Gypsies and Travellers. Policy 7.10 and the supporting text does however detail that following these changes the pitch requirement, as set out in the GTAA (completed in July 2014), may potentially be reduced.
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