Comment
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 54053
Received: 28/07/2013
Respondent: Dr Martyn Pitt
Affordability for whom? Warwickshire, like other counties, has plenty of well-managed, privately operated camp sites with the kinds of facilities described. If any mobile family does not use such facilities it is presumably because it will not pay the rental charges, or because operators, for their own reasons, are reluctant to provide space. If the Council is to fill the gap in the market for such facilities it must ensure that the costs of site maintenance and supervision are adequately met through a combination of fair charges and if necessary, subsidies.
Affordability for whom? Warwickshire, like other counties, has plenty of well-managed, privately operated camp sites with the kinds of facilities described. If any mobile family does not use such facilities it is presumably because it will not pay the rental charges, or because operators, for their own reasons, are reluctant to provide space. If the Council is to fill the gap in the market for such facilities it must ensure that the costs of site maintenance and supervision are adequately met through a combination of fair charges and if necessary, subsidies.