Policy information sourced from the Aylesbury Local Plan

D11 Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople sites

Proposals for Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople sites or Gypsy and Traveller park home sites will be supported where it can be demonstrated that there is an identified need, taking into account existing local provision and the availability of alternative sites, and the following criteria have been met:

  • It has reasonable access to existing local services and facilities (including shops, schools, healthcare and public transport). Sites should either be within or close to existing sustainable settlements or with good access to classified roads and/or public transport
  • Have safe and convenient vehicular access without giving rise to adverse impacts on highway safety
  • Be able to achieve a reasonable level of visual and acoustic privacy for both people living on the site and those living nearby
  • Not have a significantly adverse impact on environmental assets such as the countryside, landscapes, the historic environment, biodiversity, watercourses (including an ecological buffer zone), open space and green infrastructure
  • The size and scale of the site and the number of caravans stationed is appropriate to the size and density of the local settled community, and does not dominate the nearest settled community
  • The site should not be located where there is a risk of flooding or be affected by environmental hazards that may affect residents’ health or welfare
  • The site must be capable of being adequately serviced by drinking water, utilities and sewerage disposal facilities
  • Sites should remain small in scale – no more normally than 15 pitches on any one site
  • Sites should be suitably designed and the layout include enough space to accommodate the proposed number of caravans, landscaping, vehicles and ancillary work areas as appropriate.

In the case of Travelling Showpeople, proposals will be also be assessed, taking into account the needs for mixed use yards and the nature and scale of the Showpeople’s business in terms of land required for storage and/or the exercising of animals.

Sites in the Green Belt will not be permitted unless other locations have been considered and only then where very special circumstances can be demonstrated.

Policy information sourced from the Aylesbury Local Plan