Policy LHN6: Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople Criteria
Site allocations will be made and/or planning permission granted for Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople sites, when all of the following criteria are met:
(i) The site is not located in a nature conservation designated area, in an area at risk from flooding (flood zones 3a & 3b or a functional floodplain), in close proximity to a Source Protection Zone or significantly contaminated land;
(ii) The site should not result in an unacceptable visual or landscape impact, especially in the High Weald AONB taking account of proposed landscaping or screening;
Natural England supports the above policy and in the additional point (i) this should include the functional land that is integral to the Natura 2000 sites in that area of the Romney Marsh.
Functional land is areas of land that overwintering birds use outside the boundaries of the designated site and are therefore functionally related to the site. We can provide more detail on these areas.