Transit site provision

There is a national shortage of transit sites. Most stopping places have been blocked off or developed.

This approach fails to appreciate the need for more transit provision to ensure families are able to travel for work as required by PPTS and have some where safe to stay. The need for transit provision is driven by national policy not just unauthorised encampments. The absence of UEs should not determine whether there is a need as this ignores the fact many GTs stop with family and friends , or on holiday caravan sites when owners permit or find stopping places the Council is not aware of and are not recorded as UEs. But many struggle to find suitable places as holiday sites will often turn them away when they realise they have a works vehicle and are Travellers.

There is clear unmet need for transit sites across the country and this is the main reason many are no longer able to travel for work.

It is not good enough for Councils to say they will work with others local authorities to allocate land-because none do. That is an excuse to do nothing in the hope some one does something.

Bridies Tan is not suitable to meet all needs. It is not a good example. Transit provision needs to be properly planned and managed. Families are not going to pull onto unmanaged sites not knowing who else is stopping there or whether their caravans/ generators etc will be safe.

In my experience many clients in the SE region travel along the south coast for work in the summer months, There is a clear need to make provision in this area as there is across the south coast.

There is a clear need to make provision to ensure that Travellers can meet the planning definition in PPTS. Failure to make provision to ensure GTs can travel for work as is now required by the Government should be mandatory not optional or else policy fails the Equality Duty by failing to ensure GTs are able to travel for work.