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Chairman: Sue Sida-Lockett
Chief Executive: Brian Stewart
www.eera.gov.uk
Please ask for: Jillian Luntz
Direct Dial; 01284729445
Fax: 01284729447 •
Email: Jillian.Luntz@eera.gov.uk
Date: July 2006
Dear Colleagues
Public Consultation • East of England Plan (Draft RSS) • single issuereview of provision of Gypsy and Traveller Caravan Sites - Draft ProjectPlan and Statement of Public Participation
At its meeting in February 2006 the Regional Planning Panel decided to
proceed with a single issue review of the East of England Plan (also known as
the Regional Spatial Strategy or RSS) relating to Gypsy and Travellers
Caravan Sites. This early revision is necessary for several reasons i.e. to:
• Address the pressing need (accepted at the Examination in Public on the
RSS) for regional policy to assist local authorities in the East of England in
identifying the appropriate number and location of Gypsy and Traveller
Caravan Sites through their Local Development Documents;
• Conform with the new policy framework on Gypsies and Travellers, in
particular Government Circular 01/2006 Planning for Gypsy and TravellerCaravan Sites; and
• Reflect requirements in The Housing Act 2004 and The Planning andCompulsory Purchase Act 2004
The emerging East of England Plan is currently out of line insofar as
Government Circular 01/2006 (in para 23) states that "The RSS revision
should identify the number of pitches required (but not their location) for each
local planning authority in the light of local authority Gypsy and Travellers
Accommodation Assessments (GTAAs) and a strategic view of needs across
the region".
Most of the GTAAs are published or underway. Additional work will need to
be conducted by EERAto measure the consistency between these
assessments i.e. to establish how and when the data was collected, by whom
and any differences In methodologies, interpretations and approaches.
Flempton House • Flempton - Bury St Edmunds - Suffolk - IP26 6EG
Tel: 01284 726151 Fax: 01284 729429
The East of England Regional Assembly exists to promote the social, economic and environmental well being of the
region through a partnership of elected representatives and other regional stakeholders. It is designated as the
voluntary regional chamber under section 8 (1) of the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998,
www.eera.gov.uk
Please ask for: Jillian Luntz
Direct Dial; 01284729445
Fax: 01284729447 •
Email: Jillian.Luntz@eera.gov.uk
Date: July 2006
Dear Colleagues
Public Consultation • East of England Plan (Draft RSS) • single issue
review of provision of Gypsy and Traveller Caravan Sites - Draft Project
Plan and Statement of Public Participation
At its meeting in February 2006 the Regional Planning Panel decided to
proceed with a single issue review of the East of England Plan (also known as
the Regional Spatial Strategy or RSS) relating to Gypsy and Travellers
Caravan Sites. This early revision is necessary for several reasons i.e. to:
• Address the pressing need (accepted at the Examination in Public on the
RSS) for regional policy to assist local authorities in the East of England in
identifying the appropriate number and location of Gypsy and Traveller
Caravan Sites through their Local Development Documents;
• Conform with the new policy framework on Gypsies and Travellers, in
particular Government Circular 01/2006 Planning for Gypsy and Traveller
Caravan Sites; and
• Reflect requirements in The Housing Act 2004 and The Planning and
Compulsory Purchase Act 2004
The emerging East of England Plan is currently out of line insofar as
Government Circular 01/2006 (in para 23) states that "The RSS revision
should identify the number of pitches required (but not their location) for each
local planning authority in the light of local authority Gypsy and Travellers
Accommodation Assessments (GTAAs) and a strategic view of needs across
the region".
Most of the GTAAs are published or underway. Additional work will need to
be conducted by EERAto measure the consistency between these
assessments i.e. to establish how and when the data was collected, by whom
and any differences In methodologies, interpretations and approaches.
Flempton House • Flempton - Bury St Edmunds - Suffolk - IP26 6EG
Tel: 01284 726151 Fax: 01284 729429
The East of England Regional Assembly exists to promote the social, economic and environmental well being of the
region through a partnership of elected representatives and other regional stakeholders. It is designated as the
voluntary regional chamber under section 8 (1) of the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998,