Opportunity to suggest possible sites - Gwynedd

From Cyngor Gwinedd Council

In accordance with the Planning Policy Wales and the Housing Act 2004, every Council must respond to the demand for accommodation for the local community. This includes meeting the needs of the Gypsy and Traveller Community.

According to a recent study, there are deficiencies in:

permanent sites for Gypsies and Travellers (where people can live for most of the year);
travelling sites / acknowledged stopping sites for Gypsies and Travellers (where people can stay if they are passing through the area or stay for short periods of time).

As a result, people can currently suggest places which will be suitable as permanent or temporary sites for Gypsies and Travellers. During this “Call for Sites” period – which lasts until 17 January 2014 – landowners, organisations or anyone else can propose possible sites to be assessed by the Council to see if they would be suitable for the Gypsy and Traveller community.

This process forms part of the Gwynedd and Anglesey Joint Local Development Plan and can inform a revision of the Snowdonia Local Development Plan.

For more information, and to make a request for a site proposal form, go to the Council’s website or contact the Joint Development Plan Unit on polisicynllunio@gwynedd.gov.uk or 01286 679890.

A register of the possible sites proposed will be put together as soon as possible following the closing date. It will then be available to view on the Council’s website; at Siop Gwynedd, Pwllheli; the Town Hall, Bangor; and at the Snowdonia National Park office, Penrhyndeudraeth.