Policy information sourced from the East Herts District Plan

HOU10 New Park Home Sites for Non-Nomadic Gypsies and Travellers and Travelling Showpeople

Any applications for planning permission for Non-Nomadic Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showpeople park homes must be in accordance with the NPPF and PPTS and the following criteria should be satisfied:

  • the site is in a sustainable location in terms of accessibility to existing local services;
  • the site is suitable in terms of vehicular access to the highway, parking, turning, road safety and servicing arrangements and has access to essential services such as water supply, sewerage, drainage, and waste disposal;
  • proposals make adequate provision for on-site facilities for storage, play, residential amenity and sufficient on-site utility services for the number of park homes proposed;
  • the proposal is well related to the size and location of the site and respects the scale of the nearest settled community;
  • the site can be integrated into the local area to allow for successful co-existence between the site and the settled community;
  • proposals provide for satisfactory residential amenity both within the site and with neighbouring occupiers and thereby do not detrimentally affect the amenity of local residents by reason of on-site business activities, noise, disturbance, or loss of privacy;
  • proposals ensure that the occupation and use of the site would not cause undue harm to the visual amenity and character of the area and should be capable of being assimilated into the surrounding landscape without significant adverse effect;
  • the site is not affected by environmental hazards that may affect the residents’ health or welfare or be located in an area of high risk of flooding, including functional floodplains;
  • within nationally recognised designations, proposals would not compromise the objectives of the designation.

New traveller sites (whether temporary or permanent) in the Green Belt are inappropriate development and will not be approved except in very special circumstances.

For more information please see the District Plan