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Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople DPD – Scoping, Issues and Options (Regulation 18a) Consultation and Call for Sites exercise

This decision introduces the first stage (scoping, issues and options) of public

consultation for the Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Development Plan Document (DPD). The decision explains the background to the DPD, its relationship with the Local Plan and Local Plan Review, and what the proposed public consultation is seeking to achieve. Further, the decision sets out the reasons for undertaking an additional, targeted, Call for Sites exercise alongside the public consultation.

 

The consultation document appended provides information on what the Local Planning Authority envisages to be the scope and key issues for the Development Plan Document, with the purpose of gathering feedback from the public and other stakeholders on its content and coverage. Also appended is a key piece of evidence underpinning the DPD – the Interim Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Accommodation Assessment (known as the GTAA). This is an independently prepared interim decision which sets out the unadjusted current and future need for Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople accommodation over the plan period. The GTAA evidence is not part of the public consultation but is published as supporting evidence as it, and its future iterations, will become a baselining document for the purposes of future work and the examination of the DPD by a government inspector. Finally, the Call for Sites guidance note and response form are also appended to this decision.

 

The public consultation and call for sites exercise are scheduled for seven weeks starting on 28th February 2023.

 

Decision type: Non-key

Decision status: For Determination

Wards affected: (All Wards);

Notice of proposed decision first published: 03/02/2023

Decision due: 20 Feb 2023 by Lead Member for Planning and Infrastructure

Lead director: Director of Regeneration and Place

Department: Strategic Planning

Contact: Helen Smith Email: helensmith@maidstone.gov.uk Email: helensmith@maidstone.gov.uk.

Public Or Private and Reason if Private: Public

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  • Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople DPD – Scoping, Issues and Options (Regulation 18a) Consultation and Call for Sites exercise