Traveller site plan is ‘too little too late’ - Lancashire

From the Lancashire Evening Post

A council which is under pressure to consider providing sites for Gypsies and Travellers in the borough has been accused of doing ‘far too little too late’.

A Government planning inspector has raised concerns about South Ribble Council’s reluctance to earmark provision for travelling communities in its housing plans for the future, saying its evidence is outdated.

Inspector Susan Heywood has requested that the council carries out more work with Preston and Chorley councils on a joint Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment.

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