Following consideration by the Planning and Transportation Advisory Board, the Cabinet Member for Planning and Transportation resolved that:
1) with regard to the Partial Review of the South East Plan, SEERA be advised that:
(i) the Borough Council's first preference would be for half of the new spaces to be based on the findings of the Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessments (GTAA) with the remainder being redistributed across the region on a pro-rata basis, failing which, and subject to the views of the County-wide Joint Member Steering Group, the Council would support Option C where half of the new spaces would be based in the same general areas as current sites and the remainder would be distributed across the region;
(ii) Transit Site provision should be a matter for local determination in consultation with the Gypsy and Traveller Community; and
(iii) the matter of homeless Travelling Showpeople should be referred back to SEERA and the Guild of Travelling Showpeople for further consideration;
2) the Council's position in respect of preparing a dedicated Development Plan Document (DPD) for Gypsies and Traveller be reaffirmed;
3) the implications of recent appeal decisions for development control be noted; and
4) efforts continue to be made to secure a satisfactory and viable solution for enlarging the public Gypsy site at Coldharbour with a specific view to meeting locally identified need within the Borough.

Reasons: As set out in the report submitted to the Planning and Transportation Advisory Board of 20 October 2008.