Agenda item - Gypsy and Traveller Pitch Fees

Report of Executive Director, Operational Services

The Accommodation Manager introduced the report which set out the proposal for the 2023/24 increase in pitch fees relating to Sheffield City Council’s Gypsy and Traveller sites at Longacre and Redmires. There is no nationally recommended pitch fee level for Gypsy and Traveller pitches as there is for social housing rents. It is left to the discretion of the landlord, subject to the terms of a Written Statement of Agreement between the Council and occupiers of the sites.

8.2

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That the Housing Policy Committee agreed to defer this decision to the March 2023 meeting.

8.1

The Accommodation Manager introduced the report which set out the proposal for the 2023/24 increase in pitch fees relating to Sheffield City Council’s Gypsy and Traveller sites at Longacre and Redmires. There is no nationally recommended pitch fee level for Gypsy and Traveller pitches as there is for social housing rents. It is left to the discretion of the landlord, subject to the terms of a Written Statement of Agreement between the Council and occupiers of the sites.

8.2

It was proposed to defer the decision to the March meeting.

8.3

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That the Housing Policy Committee agreed to defer this decision to the March 2023 meeting.