Council Meetings To Re-Examine Gypsy And Traveller Local Plan - Bedfordshire

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Central Bedfordshire Council will be considering possible changes to its draft Gypsy and Traveller Local Plan at a series of meetings this month.

Before progressing the draft Plan any further the council needs to consider a number of points raised during the extensive public consultation held last year.

Cllr Nigel Young Cllr Nigel Young, Executive Member for Strategic Planning explained: "We wanted to act to strengthen our draft Plan so took the opportunity to consider whether any changes are appropriate and at the same time, to update our Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment (GTAA).

"Now that we've done that, we will discuss the GTAA and consultation feedback at special Overview and Scrutiny and Executive Committees on 14 and 21 January. After that we'll take any changes to Full Council on 30 January.

"We want to make sure that people can have their say on any changes or updates to the draft Local Plan, so we will have another full public consultation around February to March, and we'll submit those responses to the Secretary of State with our draft Plan by June this year."

The agenda for the first meeting (Sustainable Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee) has now been published on the council's website. Councillors will discuss both documents at the three public meetings and speakers will be welcome. The full 6 week public consultation will follow this. For more background information, visit http://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/planning/strategic-planning/gypsy-and-traveller-plan.aspx