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The Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 becomes law on the 1st October. Damian Le Bas writes about how this will affect Gypsy and Traveller scrap dealersScrap Metal Dealers Act 2013London Gypsy and Traveller Unit have published a useful step by step guide to getting registered (pdf)
What is Hate Crime? A hate incident is any kind of behaviour that causes fear, alarm or distress where the victim or anyone else feels that they have been targeted because of their racial heritage, religion or beliefs, disability, gender identity or sexual orientation. If a criminal offence has been committed a hate incident becomes a [...]
Plans to build a desperately needed transit site in Plymouth have been scrapped, despite having previously getting the
From the Cornish Guardian A GYPSY family has been given the green light to build a home on land near Bugle - more than a decade after they started searching. On Monday Cornwall Council's central sub-area planning committee approved an application for four mobile homes along with three day rooms, reduced from four after local [...]
TravellerSpace present three short films for Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month 2013Tuesday 25thJune 2013 10.30-12pm Redruth Cinema The Road Bends Darren Lee Wilson "A documentary by three members the Gypsy Traveller community, with tales of family upbringing, Appleby, My big fat Gypsy wedding, site evictions, to the cold hard reality of prison life."Our Big Real Gypsy Lives [...]
Cornwall Council are consulting on the Gypsy & Travelling Communities Strategy & Delivery Plan. The Draft Gypsy and Travelling Communities Strategy and Delivery Plan (pdf) provides the evidence base for the Draft Local Plan policy for Gypsies and Travellers. It identifies pitch requirements to 2020; sets out the Council’s priorities for delivery of sites; and [...]
From the West Briton More than 50 Travellers have set up camp on the outskirts of Truro. Police confirmed there are now between 20-30 vans and cars on a public highway at the far end of Newham. Cornwall Council said there was an "unauthorised encampment" at the site. Both Cornwall Council and the police will [...]
Cornwall Council are beginning a consultation with Gypsies and Travellers about new site provision. They propose to allow more sites for Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople across Cornwall over the next 8 years. Currently they are proposing; • 146 residential pitches • 50 transit pitches • 7 pitches for ShowpeopleSome will be provided by the council, they have [...]
From the Plymouth Herald WORK is to go ahead on a new permanent Gypsy and Traveller site on the edge of Efford in the Spring. Plymouth City Council has been awarded £600,000 to build 10 pitches on the permanent residential site at Military Road. Controversial Plymouth Traveller and Gypsy site gets go-ahead From the Cornish [...]
From the West Briton 24/01/13 PLANNERS have approved a controversial scheme for a new Traveller site in Mount Hawke. Single mother Helen Birkett was given planning permission for three pitches, composting toilets and a utility shed on her two-acre plot near Mount Hawke Skatepark. Cornwall Council's area planning committee also approved the continued use of [...]
