Decision - Selection of Location for a Permanent Traveller Site to go Forward for Planning Application

(1)               That the outcome of the site selection process, the further assessment of shortlisted sites be noted and Horsdean be endorsed as the preferred location for a new permanent Traveller site;

(2)               That the making of the appropriate planning application in relation to (1) above be approved;

(3)               That, subject to the grant of the necessary planning permission, the granting of Landlord’s consent for the use of the land at Horsdean for a permanent Travellers Site for 16 pitches be approved;

(4)               That a period of public consultation on the preferred site, to consider the views of both local residents and the needs of Travellers be approved; and

(5)               That officers be authorised to contact the Homes and Communities Agency and seek formal confirmation that the capital grant funding from the government for the provision of the site can be used at the new location.