Purpose

Gypsies and Travellers DPD draft for
consultation

Content

That
Cabinet:  
 
1)   
Approves the ‘Gypsies
and Travellers Plan - Pre-submission Draft Development Plan
Document’at
Appendix 1 subject to amendment in 3. 
 
2)   
Recommends to Full
Council on 24 July
2024 that the
Gypsies and Travellers Plan - Pre-submission Draft
Development Plan Document at Appendix 1 (subject to modification
in (3)) be approved for publication in line
with Regulation 19 of the Town and Country Planning (Local
Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 (as
amended), for a period of at least six weeks
public
consultation. 
 
3)   
Authorises the
Director for Planning in consultation with the Director for
Legal and Governance and
Cabinet Member
for Finance, Development
Management and Strategic Planning:
to make any necessary minor changes to the
Pre-submission Draft Development Plan Document
before it is published; to finalise the associated evidence
documents for publication alongside the Plan; and
to make arrangement for and
undertake statutory consultation.   
 

Reason for
Proposals 
 
To ensure the council continues to make progress in updating its
Local Plan, and alongside the wider Wiltshire
Local Plan review in line with the timescale
set out in the recently approved Local Development Scheme and
statutory
requirements.  
 
Alongside the wider
Wiltshire Local Plan review, the Plan will help ensure that the council is planning to meet the
accommodation needs of all different sectors of Wiltshire’s community.