Gloucestershire (Cheltenham, Cotswold, Forest of Dean, Gloucester, Stroud and Tewkesbury) Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment Final Report March 2017 Gloucestershire GTAA – March 2017 Opinion Research Services The Strand, Swansea SA1 1AF Steve Jarman, Ian Woodward, Claire Thomas, Ciara Small and Kara Stedman Enquiries: 01792 535300 · [email protected] · www.ors.org.uk © Copyright March 2017 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 Contains OS data © Crown Copyright (2014) Page 2 Gloucestershire GTAA – March 2017 Contents 1. Executive Summary ......................................................................................................................... 5 Introduction and Methodology ...................................................................................................................... 5 Key Findings .................................................................................................................................................... 6 Additional Pitch Needs – Gypsies and Travellers ........................................................................................... 6 Additional Plot Needs - Travelling Showpeople ............................................................................................. 8 Transit Requirements ................................................................................................................................... 11 2. Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 12 The Study ...................................................................................................................................................... 12 Local Plan Policies ......................................................................................................................................... 12 Definitions .................................................................................................................................................... 19 The Planning Definition in PPTS (2015) ........................................................................................................ 20 Definition of Travelling ................................................................................................................................. 20 Legislation and Guidance for Gypsies and Travellers ................................................................................... 22 PPTS (2015) ................................................................................................................................................... 22 3. Methodology ................................................................................................................................ 24 Background ................................................................................................................................................... 24 Glossary of Terms ......................................................................................................................................... 24 Desk-Based Review ....................................................................................................................................... 24 Stakeholder Engagement ............................................................................................................................. 25 Working Collaboratively with Neighbouring Planning Authorities .............................................................. 25 Survey of Travelling Communities ................................................................................................................ 25 Engagement with Bricks and Mortar Households ........................................................................................ 26 Timing of the Fieldwork ................................................................................................................................ 27 Waiting Lists ................................................................................................................................................. 27 Calculating Current and Future Need ........................................................................................................... 27 Unknown Households................................................................................................................................... 28 Non-Travelling Households .......................................................................................................................... 29 Applying the Planning Definition .................................................................................................................. 29 Supply of Pitches .......................................................................................................................................... 30 Current Need ................................................................................................................................................ 30 Future Need .................................................................................................................................................. 31 Pitch Turnover .............................................................................................................................................. 31 Page 3 Gloucestershire GTAA – March 2017 Transit Provision ........................................................................................................................................... 32 4. Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Sites and Population .................................................. 33 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 33 Cheltenham .................................................................................................................................................. 34 Cotswold ....................................................................................................................................................... 34 Forest of Dean .............................................................................................................................................. 34 Gloucester .................................................................................................................................................... 35 Stroud ........................................................................................................................................................... 35 Tewkesbury .................................................................................................................................................. 35 Caravan Count .............................................................................................................................................. 36 5. Survey of Travelling Communities ..................................................................................................... 37 Interviews with Gypsies and Travellers ........................................................................................................ 37 Efforts to contact bricks and mortar households ......................................................................................... 41 6. Current and Future Pitch Provision ................................................................................................ 42 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 42 Planning Definition ....................................................................................................................................... 42 New Household Formation Rates ................................................................................................................. 42 Breakdown by 5 Year Bands ......................................................................................................................... 44 Applying the Planning Definition .................................................................................................................. 44 Cheltenham .................................................................................................................................................. 45 Cotswold ....................................................................................................................................................... 48 Forest of Dean .............................................................................................................................................. 52 Gloucester .................................................................................................................................................... 56 Stroud ........................................................................................................................................................... 60 Tewkesbury .................................................................................................................................................. 65 Transit Requirements ................................................................................................................................... 70 Appendix A: Glossary of Terms