Dorset-wide Gypsy and Traveller (including Travelling Showpeople) site allocations joint development plan document
Latest news - the consultation period has now closed. All consultation and background documents are available on the Useful Information page. Next Steps - The Dorset Councils will now consider the responses received and will use them to help develop a draft Development Plan Document (DPD) during 2012. The draft DPD will then be made available for further public consultation. The Councils are also working together to develop and finalise a timetable with details of these next stages and will make this available on the website.
The following councils are working together to prepare a joint Development Plan Document (DPD):
Christchurch Borough Council
Dorset County Council
East Dorset District Council
North Dorset District Council
Purbeck District Council
West Dorset District Council
- Weymouth & Portland Borough Council
The aim of the DPD is to allocate appropriate permanent and transit sites for Gypsies and Travellers and Travelling Showpeople within Dorset for the next 15 years.
This is in order to meet the needs identified by the Dorset Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Needs Assessment that was commissioned by Dorset councils in 2007.
The DPD is being put together on behalf of all the councils by consultants Baker Associates . The current timetable set out in the Project Plan predicts that it will take between two and three years for it to be adopted.
Local communities, landowners, businesses and organisations will have opportunities to have their say throughout the process.
You can find a range of information about the process on the pages below.
- Useful information
Key information on national policy and guidance, facts, figures and useful documents.
- Information regarding the process and assessment of sites
The following documents provide more detailed and technical information relating to the process and assessment of potential Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople sites.
- Sustainability appraisal
Information about the sustainability appraisal and others assessments that will be integrated into the plan.
- Frequently asked questions
Key facts and information about travelling communities and why a joint Development Plan Document is needed
