PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Caravan Sites: Travellers (5 July 2021)

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to reintroduce pitch targets and statutory duties for local authorities to meet the assessed needs for sites for Gypsies, Roma and Travellers.

Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)

The Government encourages local planning authorities to make their own assessment of need for traveller sites, and in producing their local plan to identify sites to meet that need. This includes setting pitch targets for gypsies and travellers and plot targets for travelling showpeople. These plans are robustly tested by an independently appointed Inspector before they can be adopted by the authority.

Answered by:
Eddie Hughes (Conservative)
8 July 2021