Object

Publication Draft

Representation ID: 65290

Received: 25/06/2014

Respondent: Miss Dawn Elliott

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

Representation Summary:

Government's aims in respect of traveller sites are for example; that a) plan-making and decision-taking should protect Green Belt from inappropriate development. b) to reduce tensions between settled and traveller communities in plan-making and planning-decisions c) for local planning authorities to have due regard to the protection of local amenity and local environment.

By compulsary purchasing land it clearly goes against the above and fails to take into account the wishes of local community and land owner and likely breaches the Human Rights Act 1998, Article 8

Full text:

Government's aims in respect of traveller sites are for example; that a) plan-making and decision-taking should protect Green Belt from inappropriate development. b) to reduce tensions between settled and traveller communities in plan-making and planning-decisions c) for local planning authorities to have due regard to the protection of local amenity and local environment.

By compulsary purchasing land it clearly goes against the above and fails to take into account the wishes of local community and land owner and likely breaches the Human Rights Act 1998, Article 8