Decision details

Gypsy and Traveller Pitch Fees Increase 2021/22

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Purpose:

To request permission to increase the pitch fees on the Redmires and Long Acre Gypsy Traveller sites for the coming financial year 2021/22.

Decision:

That from 5th April 2021 the fees for each pitch on the Council’s Gypsy and Traveller sites at Longacre and Redmires will increase by £1.05 (1.1%) to £96.81 per week.

 

Reasons for the decision:

The proposed increase is in accordance with the completion of the local convergence policy agreed by the Cabinet Member for Homes and Regeneration in February 2012 and the terms of the Written Statement in relation to the Mobile Homes Act 1983 agreed by him in May 2011 and issued to each occupier of both sites.

Alternative options considered:

No increase in pitch fees in 2021/22– this option would mean that income into the account will not keep with the pace with cost inflation, especially as there was no increase in the site fees last year.

Publication date: 26/02/2021

Date of decision: 26/02/2021

Effective from: 05/03/2021

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