Agenda item

Division/Wards Affected: All

Purpose: To provide an update on the implementation of the site identification process, to identify a site suitable for development, as a Gypsy and Traveller site.  Activities have included a public consultation and site investigations surveys on Council owned land at Langley Close, Magor; Oakgrove Farm, Portskewett and Bradbury Farm, Crick.

Author: Ian Bakewell – Housing & Communities Manager;

Cath Fallon – Head of Rural Development, Housing and Partnerships

Contact Details: ianbakewell@monmouthshire.gov.uk Cathfallon@monmouthshire.gov.uk

To remove Langley Close, Magor and Oakgrove Farm, Portskewett from the site identification process based on evidence from the public consultation and site investigation surveys, and due to the pitch requirement reducing to seven (See Paragraphs 3.3.2 and 3.3.3)

To approve the use of land at Bradbury Farm, Crick (See Appendix 1) for the proposed Gypsy and Traveller site, for development and inclusion in the Deposit RLDP (see Paragraph 3.3.4). Final decision subject to the outcome of ongoing indicative concept design work, and the findings and recommendations of further site evaluation survey work in respect of noise mitigation.

That Bradbury Farm, then forms part of a detailed public consultation on the Deposit RLDP, where residents will be able to comment further on the proposal to allocate this land to meet the Council’s Gypsy and Traveller housing need