FOI Request -Unauthorised Encampments

Request 101002380203

I am seeking information concerning your Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Need Assessment.

Please provide the following information in the form of an Excel document if you can.

1: A yearly breakdown from 1st January 2015 to 31st December 2019 of the number of additional sites built for Gypsies and travellers in your area.

2: Does your authority have a Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Need Assessment for new pitches?

3: What is the need identified by your authority’s Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Need Assessment for new pitches, and what period does this GTANA cover?

4: How many sites have been identified by your authority for its up to date 5 year ‘supply of specific deliverable sites’?

5: A yearly breakdown from 1st January 2015 to 31st December 2019 of many times you have obtained injunctions preventing unauthorised camping.

Response 17-02-2020

1. None.
2. Yes, part of HNDA 2017.
3. In 2017, in conjunction with Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils, Moray Council commissioned a Grampian Gypsy/Traveller Accommodation Needs Assessment.  The research was carried out by the University of Aberdeen and GREC and completed in March 2018.  Although the research does not provide a definitive number of sites required, the writers have estimated that a site for 6 pitches somewhere in Moray would be justified.
4. None.
5. From 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2019 we did not obtain any interdicts preventing unauthorised camping.  (Injunctions are the English equivalent).