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Travellers: West Sussex

Commons · Question 4912 · Tabled 9 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 17 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of transit sites for Travellers in West Sussex.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 17 Sep 2024

The Planning Policy for Traveller Sites makes clear that it is the responsibility of local planning authorities to produce an assessment of need for traveller sites. This includes permanent and transit site accommodation needs. In February 2019, local aut...