If you want to make comments on the latest round of Gypsy and Traveller sites, you only have until Monday to do so. You can find out more on the South Glos website.
One of the seven extra sites, the land at Little Acre, Dyers Lane, Iron Acton, has now been withdrawn by the landowner. The remaining six are:
New sites
1. Land at Tanhouse Lane, Yate – Proposal is for 10 residential pitches and 2 transit pitches.
Existing Gypsy and Traveller Sites
2. Moor Paddock, Westerleigh Road, Westerleigh – Proposal is for an additional 3 residential pitches and 1 transit pitch.
3. 56 Ram Hill, Coalpit Heath – Proposal is for 1 additional residential pitch.
4. Giddy End, High Lane, Winterbourne - Proposal is for 1 additional residential pitch.
5. The Meadows, Parkfield, Pucklechurch - Proposal is for 1 additional residential pitch.
6. 85a Parkfield Road, Pucklechurch - Proposal is for an additional 1 - 2 residential pitches.
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Saturday, 11 July 2009
Monday, 29 June 2009
Gypsy and Traveller consultation event
Don't forget, there is a drop-in session 4pm to 8pm on Monday 29th June in the Courtside Suite at Yate Leisure Centre where you can ask questions about the extra sites suggested during the previous consultation.
Monday, 15 June 2009
Extra gypsy and traveller sites suggested
South Gloucestershire Council has published details of seven extra sites that were suggested during the last Gypsy and Traveller consultation.
The extra sites that have been suggested are a mixture of completely new sites and extra pitches on existing sites:
New sites:
1. Little Acre, Dyers Lane, Iron Acton (4 - 6 residential pitches)
2. Land at Tanhouse Lane, Yate (10 residential pitches and 2 transit pitches)
Existing sites:
3. Moor Paddock, Westerleigh Road, Westerleigh (additional 3 residential pitches and 1 transit pitch)
4. 56 Ram Hill, Coalpit Heath (additional 1 residential pitch )
5. Giddy End, High Lane, Winterbourne (additional 1 residential pitch)
6. The Meadows, Parkfield, Pucklechurch (additional 1 residential pitch)
7. 85a Parkfield Road, Pucklechurch (additional 1 - 2 residential pitches)
You only have until Monday 13 July to provide any relevant information you may have on these extra sites. Officers are stressing that this isn't a full consultation, that will come later, and the sites haven't been assessed in as much detail as the original seventeen. You can find more information on the South Glos website:
www.southglos.gov.uk/gypsydpd
There will be a drop-in session in the Courtside Suite at Yate Leisure Centre on Monday 29 June 2009 from 4pm until 8pm.
You can email any information to:
planningLDF@southglos.gov.uk
or write to:
Spatial Planning Team
South Gloucestershire Council
The Council Offices
Castle Street
Thornbury
South Gloucestershire
BS35 1HF
We had expected the report on all your replies to the previous consultation to be published in May. Instead a report covering comments on all 24 sites will be published in the autumn, along with the draft list of sites for submission to the Government. Your Focus Team is unhappy about the delay, which means extra months of uncertainty for residents, but officers say the Council cannot comment on the suitability of the previous sites before they have publicised the extra ones. When the draft list is published in the autumn there will be another full public consultation.
The extra sites that have been suggested are a mixture of completely new sites and extra pitches on existing sites:
New sites:
1. Little Acre, Dyers Lane, Iron Acton (4 - 6 residential pitches)
2. Land at Tanhouse Lane, Yate (10 residential pitches and 2 transit pitches)
Existing sites:
3. Moor Paddock, Westerleigh Road, Westerleigh (additional 3 residential pitches and 1 transit pitch)
4. 56 Ram Hill, Coalpit Heath (additional 1 residential pitch )
5. Giddy End, High Lane, Winterbourne (additional 1 residential pitch)
6. The Meadows, Parkfield, Pucklechurch (additional 1 residential pitch)
7. 85a Parkfield Road, Pucklechurch (additional 1 - 2 residential pitches)
You only have until Monday 13 July to provide any relevant information you may have on these extra sites. Officers are stressing that this isn't a full consultation, that will come later, and the sites haven't been assessed in as much detail as the original seventeen. You can find more information on the South Glos website:
www.southglos.gov.uk/gypsydpd
There will be a drop-in session in the Courtside Suite at Yate Leisure Centre on Monday 29 June 2009 from 4pm until 8pm.
You can email any information to:
planningLDF@southglos.gov.uk
or write to:
Spatial Planning Team
South Gloucestershire Council
The Council Offices
Castle Street
Thornbury
South Gloucestershire
BS35 1HF
We had expected the report on all your replies to the previous consultation to be published in May. Instead a report covering comments on all 24 sites will be published in the autumn, along with the draft list of sites for submission to the Government. Your Focus Team is unhappy about the delay, which means extra months of uncertainty for residents, but officers say the Council cannot comment on the suitability of the previous sites before they have publicised the extra ones. When the draft list is published in the autumn there will be another full public consultation.
Tuesday, 17 February 2009
More comments on Gypsy and Traveller sites
Following the Westerleigh drop-in and a meeting last week with residents concerned about the transit site between the business parks, Claire Young is finalising an additional response to the Gypsy and Traveller consultation. Unfortunately the Council's email system had problems at the weekend so if anyone has sent an email to Claire and hasn't had a response, please get in touch again as soon as possible.
Monday, 9 February 2009
Gypsy and Traveller sites
Claire Young attended the Gypsy and Traveller sites drop-in run by Westerleigh Village Residents Association on Saturday. There was a good turnout despite the weather and there were some very interesting discussions.
Some people were unhappy that they hadn't received acknowledgement of their responses to the consultation, so they couldn't be sure they had been received and accepted. Claire has raised this with one of the officers leading the consultation and she says she will be sending out acknowledgements once all the responses have been recorded in their system.
One Lib Dem Councillor was told in an email that some sites in South Glos were being withdrawn from the list and others added, but when she asked which sites at Cabinet neither officers nor Cabinet members could tell her. We wait to see what this means for Westerleigh.
Some people were unhappy that they hadn't received acknowledgement of their responses to the consultation, so they couldn't be sure they had been received and accepted. Claire has raised this with one of the officers leading the consultation and she says she will be sending out acknowledgements once all the responses have been recorded in their system.
One Lib Dem Councillor was told in an email that some sites in South Glos were being withdrawn from the list and others added, but when she asked which sites at Cabinet neither officers nor Cabinet members could tell her. We wait to see what this means for Westerleigh.
Thursday, 5 February 2009
Gypsy and Traveller meeting
Westerleigh Village Residents Association have kindly invited Claire Young along to their open day regarding the Gypsy and Traveller consultation on Saturday (10am to 2pm in the Village Hall). The consultation formally finished last week but the Residents Association have secured extra time for their response and will be holding an exhibition using materials supplied by South Glos Council.
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Have you had your say on the Gypsy and Traveller consultation?
The formal deadline for the end of the Gypsy and Traveller consultation is this Thursday. However, if you want to comment but cannot do so in time, it's worth talking to the officers at South Glos. After Westerleigh Village Residents Association successfully secured an extension for their response, the consultation website says:
It's vital that everyone's concerns are heard and it doesn't matter whether that's online, by email or in a letter.
The consultation formally closes on Thursday 29th January 2009 but if for any reason you are unable to submit your comments to us by 29 January 2009, please contact us to discuss your representation.
It's vital that everyone's concerns are heard and it doesn't matter whether that's online, by email or in a letter.
Tuesday, 30 December 2008
Have your say - Gypsy and Traveller Sites consultation
South Gloucestershire Council is currently consulting on proposals for 53 permanent and 25 transit pitches for Gypsies and Travellers across South Gloucestershire, including a number in the wards covered by this blog. The "Towards Preferred Options" document sets out possible sites and asks people to comment on them. You have until Thursday 29th January 2009 to have your say.
You can view the consultation documents on the South Glos website.
You can respond in several ways:
Send a letter or response form to: Spatial Planning Team, South Gloucestershire Council, The Council Offices, Castle Street, Thornbury, South Glos BS35 1HF
Email comments or response forms to: planningLDF@southglos.gov.uk
Complete the electronic response form via the Council's online consultation system: consultations.southglos.gov.uk.
However you respond, it's important to state which part of the consultation document your comment relates to and what change(s) you would like to see made. As with all planning consultations, comments cannot be made confidentially.
For further information, there is a dedicated answering service on 01454 863738. If you leave your name, contact details and what information you require, someone will get back to you, usually within 24 hours. Lines are open 9am-5pm Monday to Friday until 29 January and leaving the message will be charged at mobile rates.
You can view the consultation documents on the South Glos website.
You can respond in several ways:
Send a letter or response form to: Spatial Planning Team, South Gloucestershire Council, The Council Offices, Castle Street, Thornbury, South Glos BS35 1HF
Email comments or response forms to: planningLDF@southglos.gov.uk
Complete the electronic response form via the Council's online consultation system: consultations.southglos.gov.uk.
However you respond, it's important to state which part of the consultation document your comment relates to and what change(s) you would like to see made. As with all planning consultations, comments cannot be made confidentially.
For further information, there is a dedicated answering service on 01454 863738. If you leave your name, contact details and what information you require, someone will get back to you, usually within 24 hours. Lines are open 9am-5pm Monday to Friday until 29 January and leaving the message will be charged at mobile rates.
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