So we have started the leaflet drop in Potton yesterday night and this evening. Look out for "PANTS" through your door everyone!!!In the meantime, please do feel free to pass the petition link on to your friends, neighbours, colleagues, mums and dads at the school gate and mates down the pub (we have a few to choose from in Potton!).
Next Steps A shortlist of sites will be produced at Sustainable Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 28th February 2013, this shortlist will form part of the Gypsy and Traveller Local Plan and will be presented to Executive for approval in March. If the Executive approve the draft Gypsy and Traveller Local Plan, the draft document will be put before Full Council in April. If Full Council approve the draft Gypsy and Traveller Local Plan for publication, the document will be published in May. A six week consultation period will follow in which interested parties will have the opportunity to submit representations on the Gypsy and Traveller Local Plan. All representations will be considered by the Council and necessary amendments will be made to the Local Plan before the document is submitted to the Secretary of State for examination. The expected timetable for the Gypsy and Traveller Local Plan is as follows: Overview and Scrutiny...
The council has a statutory duty to provide Gypsy and Traveller pitches. Over the next 20 years, the period which this plan will cover, the council will need to provide an extra 135 pitches. A pitch consists of a fairly permanent mobile home, a touring caravan, an amenities block and often a shed. There is also room to park and room for visitors to park. Typically the average number of caravans per pitch is 1.7. Mr Young (Executive Member for Sustainable Communities - Strategic Planning and Economic Development) has been quoted by the Biggleswade press as saying: “We will try to create family pitches, not one large field full of Gypsies and Travellers – we understand that that would not lead to integration between the settled community and the Gypsy and Traveller community. “We are looking to have five to 10 pitches on a site and to leave room on that site so that, towards the end of the process in 2026, we have room for any further family...
1. East of Biggleswade Road – Potton 2. North of Bury Hill – Potton 3. South of Dunton Lane – Potton 4. East and south of Bartford Road - Sandy 5. South west of Park Corner Farm, Dunton – Biggleswade South (but just across the border from Dunton) 6. South east of Park Corner Farm, Dunton – Biggleswade South (but just across the border from Dunton) 7. North of Everton Road – Potton 8. East of Potton Road – Potton 9. South of Wrestlingworth Road – Potton 10. West of Sutton Road – Potton 11. East of Sutton Road – Potton 12. East and north of Sutton Road – Potton 13. West of Cambridge Road, Dunton – Potton 14. Kennel Farm Holdings – Biggleswade South (but just across the border from Dunton) 15. North west of Sandy – Sandy
http://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/planning/strategic-planning/gypsy-and-traveller-plan.aspxSee attached link for a detailed plan of central beds. This clearly shows a disproportionate number of proposed new sites in and around Potton compared to the rest of central beds.
Tuesday 22nd January 2013So we have launched the petition that we hope will give Potton and its surrounding neighbours a voice. We just wanted to say a big thank you to those that have provided their support already for the petition. The plan is to ensure that this is provided to our local Councillor, the Commitee responsible for the planning and consideration of these proposals, our local MP and the Home Secretary. We know we have a long way to go so we would ask you to ensure that EACH voice in your home is heard and for you to encourage all of your household members to sign the petition. Every voice deserves to be heard. We will be dropping leaflets in Potton and the surrounding villages over the coming days and weeks to ensure we get the message out there - despite it be cold cold cold!
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