Sixty Traveller pitches identified - West Sussex

RUDGWICK, Barns Green, Coneyhurst and Dial Post are among the potentially suitable sites for Gypsies, Travellers and travelling Showpeople identified by Horsham District Council.

The council commissioned a study to find possible sites which was published this week revealing 13 possible locations, some new or with personal or temporary planning permission and some unauthorised sites that have been ‘tolerated’.
There is a recognised need to provide appropriate sites and the council said: “This work has taken on increased importance with planning applications coming forward across the district and the publication of draft government policy which suggests planning authorities will have to show a five year supply of traveller sites, in the same way they do for housing.”