Support

Representation ID: 5142

Received: 16/03/2023

Respondent: South Downs National Park Authority

We note the findings of the latest GTAA (2022) which is for the area of Chichester district outside the SDNP. The additional pitch provision needs set out in Table 5.1 and 5.2 are for Chichester outside the SDNP only.

We would highlight that there is limited capacity in the National Park to allocate sites for Gypsies and Travellers through duty to cooperate, given significant landscape constraints. Indeed, the protection afforded to National Parks is such that unmet need in the South Downs National Park may be displaced to other (non-designated) authorities outside the National Park.
Policies H11, H12 and H13 are supported, including the mechanisms for making provision for travellers accommodation, i.e. provision of pitches on new strategic allocations and appropriate intensification of existing authorised sites.

We’d welcome continued joint working between the coastal authorities and the South Downs National Park Authority in regard to addressing the need.