Cannock Chase Council Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment Final Report March 2019 Opinion Research Services | The Strand • Swansea • SA1 1AF | 01792 535300 | www.ors.org.uk | [email protected] Opinion Research Services | Cannock Chase Council – Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment | March 2019 Opinion Research Services | The Strand, Swansea SA1 1AF Steve Jarman, Claire Thomas and Ciara Small enquiries: 01792 535300 · [email protected] · www.ors.org.uk © Copyright March 2019 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government \Licence v 3.0 Contains OS Data © Crown Copyright (2019) Page 2 Opinion Research Services | Cannock Chase Council – Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment | March 2019 Contents 1. Executive Summary ....................................................................................... 6 Introduction and Methodology ................................................................................................................... 6 Key Findings ................................................................................................................................................. 7 Additional Pitch Needs – Gypsies and Travellers ........................................................................................ 7 Additional Plot Needs - Travelling Showpeople .......................................................................................... 9 Transit Requirements ................................................................................................................................ 10 2. Introduction ................................................................................................ 11 Definitions ................................................................................................................................................. 11 The Planning Definition in PPTS (2015) ..................................................................................................... 11 Definition of Travelling .............................................................................................................................. 12 Legislation and Guidance for Gypsies and Travellers ................................................................................ 14 PPTS (2015)................................................................................................................................................ 14 Revised National Planning Policy Framework (2019) ................................................................................ 16 Cannock Chase Local Plan Policies ............................................................................................................ 16 3. Methodology ............................................................................................... 18 Background ................................................................................................................................................ 18 Glossary of Terms/Acronyms .................................................................................................................... 19 Desk-Based Review ................................................................................................................................... 19 Stakeholder Engagement .......................................................................................................................... 19 Working Collaboratively with Neighbouring Planning Authorities ........................................................... 19 Survey of Travelling Communities ............................................................................................................. 20 Engagement with Bricks and Mortar Households ..................................................................................... 21 Timing of the Fieldwork ............................................................................................................................. 22 Applying the Planning Definition ............................................................................................................... 22 Undetermined Households ....................................................................................................................... 23 Households that Do Not Meet the Planning Definition ............................................................................ 24 Calculating Current and Future Need ........................................................................................................ 25 Pitch Turnover ........................................................................................................................................... 26 Transit Provision ........................................................................................................................................ 26 4. Gypsy, Traveller & Travelling Showpeople Sites & Population .................... 28 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 28 Sites and Yards in Cannock Chase ............................................................................................................. 29 MHCLG Traveller Caravan Count ............................................................................................................... 29 Page 3 Opinion Research Services | Cannock Chase Council – Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment | March 2019 5. Stakeholder Engagement ............................................................................ 31 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 31 Views of Key Stakeholders and Council Officers in Cannock Chase .......................................................... 32 Accommodation Needs ............................................................................................................................. 32 Short-term Encampments and Transit Provision ...................................................................................... 32 Cross Border Issues and Meeting the Duty to Cooperate ......................................................................... 32 Future Priorities and Any Further Issues ................................................................................................... 32 Neighbouring Authorities .......................................................................................................................... 33 Lichfield District Council ............................................................................................................................ 33 South Staffordshire Council ....................................................................................................................... 34 Stafford Borough Council .......................................................................................................................... 35 Walsall Council .......................................................................................................................................... 35 6. Survey of Travelling Communities ............................................................... 37 Interviews with Gypsies and Travellers ..................................................................................................... 37 Interviews with Gypsies and Travellers in Bricks and Mortar ................................................................... 38 7. Current and Future Pitch Provision .............................................................. 39 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 39 New Household Formation Rates ............................................................................................................. 39 Breakdown by 5 Year Bands ...................................................................................................................... 41 Cannock Chase Local Plan Period .............................................................................................................. 41 Applying the Planning Definition ............................................................................................................... 41 Interviews with Gypsies and Travellers in Bricks and Mortar ................................................................... 42 Migration ................................................................................................................................................... 42 Pitch Needs – Gypsies and Travellers that meet the Planning Definition ................................................. 44 Pitch Needs – Undetermined Gypsies and Travellers ............................................................................... 45 Pitch Needs - Gypsies and Travellers that do not meet the Planning Definition ...................................... 45 Travelling Showpeople Needs ................................................................................................................... 47 Plot Needs – Travelling Showpeople ......................................................................................................... 47 Transit Requirements ...............................................................................................................................