Object

Representation ID: 4743

Received: 12/12/2023

Respondent: Miss Serena Solanki

There are already a number of campsites within the county
This provision is excessive
Have the number of private rentals such as Airbnbs been considered in this provision? There are a large number of apps and sites like Airbnb which enable private home owners to rent their space - has this provision been considered?

The Council commissioned independent consultants to assess the need for accommodation for Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople. The allocations proposed by the Council are not excessive. What is needed is long term accommodation for people who culturally wish to live in caravans. There is no need in Rutland for 'transit site' type accommodation. Accommodation in houses is unsuitable for these groups.

Support

Representation ID: 5177

Received: 03/01/2024

Respondent: Mr Frank Brett

Agree

Noted.

Support

Representation ID: 5294

Received: 03/01/2024

Respondent: Ms Joanna Burrows

I agree with this provision for this community

Noted.

Support

Representation ID: 5343

Received: 04/01/2024

Respondent: Mrs Mary Cate

Agree that the county should have provision for this group of people

Noted.

Object

Representation ID: 5427

Received: 04/01/2024

Respondent: North Luffenham Parish Council

"MATU, from interaction with families, are of the view that much of the identified need for plots for Showpeople are
from family members who are not intending to join the family business" P108
Surely they will then not be Showpeople if they are not in the family business

"[T]ravelling showpeople", in national "Planning policy for traveller sites" are defined as: "Members of a group organised for the purposes of holding fairs, circuses or shows (whether or not travelling together as such). This includes such persons who on the grounds of their own or their family’s or dependants’ more localised pattern of trading, educational or health needs or old age have ceased to travel temporarily or permanently, but excludes Gypsies and Travellers as defined above."

Object

Representation ID: 5664

Received: 05/01/2024

Respondent: Ashwell Parish Council

The stated target number of 16 pitches for travellers and gypsies is unrealistic. There are more than that number of travellers encamped on Tambourine Lane, Ashwell , on the public bridleway now, let alone others currently in the County or others wishing to join them.

Pitches typically hold two caravans.

Object

Representation ID: 6597

Received: 08/01/2024

Respondent: Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO)

Agent: Montagu Evans LLP

There is currently inconsistency in the wording used within the Plan, as emerging Policy H10 refers to an Action Plan, which is inconsistent with other draft policies in the Plan. For completeness, the DIO believe that the reference to an Action Plan Development Plan document should be removed from this policy. The DIO request that a consistent approach is adopted by the Council to future development at St George’s Barracks.

The reference to a DPD Action Plan for St George's Barracks highlights the importance of providing traveller sites and is appropriate.

Object

Representation ID: 7795

Received: 08/01/2024

Respondent: Edith Weston Parish Council

The Rutland County Council, Gypsy, Traveller, and Travelling Show People Accommodation Assessment (GTTSAA), March 2023 states in Paragraph 5.18:

“There have been discussions and plans about turning St George’s Barracks into a new settlement and Gypsies and Travellers were being considered in the development. However, that idea was axed due to a failure to agree the plans. A new Local Plan is currently being prepared.”

There has been no contact with Edith Weston Parish Council to discuss this issue since March 2023. Inclusion of this site in Policy H10 has not been evidenced. The reference to St George’s Barracks should be removed from the policy.

A travellers site at St George's Barracks would be on brownfield land, well-related to Edith Weston and potentially suitable for mixed use. It would also be well-placed for the use of local facilities. It would address well the criteria in the national Planning Policy for Traveller Sites and Policy H10. This would be subject to the production of a fresh Development Plan Document, which would involve extensive consultation and an Examination in Public, as well as the consultation and Examination taking place alongside the production of the current emerging Local Plan.

Object

Representation ID: 7841

Received: 08/01/2024

Respondent: Alicia Kearns

Policy should ensure that the designated areas are proportionate to the infrastructure available in the proposed village / town. Consideration should also be given to the high proportion of existing sites in neighbouring counties.

Paragraph 10 of the national Planning Policy for Traveller Sites states: "Local planning authorities should, in producing their Local Plan... relate the number of pitches or plots to the circumstances of the specific size and location of the site and the surrounding population’s size and density." The Five Counties site is well-separated from Stretton by the A1 and from Greetham by distance. The other proposed allocations are smaller in size, including the likely size of a site at St George's which would be covered by a future Development Plan Document.

The growth in need comes principally from existing sites in Rutland.

Object

Representation ID: 7871

Received: 07/01/2024

Respondent: CPRE Rutland

Not clear - Where is the 'Five Counties Extension' defined?

These are H10.4, H10.5 and H10.6 on Inset Map 37.

Support

Representation ID: 7920

Received: 08/01/2024

Respondent: Ryhall Parish Council

H10 Meeting the Needs of Gypsies - Support

Noted.