Decision details

Following consideration of a *report of the Corporate Manager for Property, Leisure and Climate Change, the Community Policy Development Group had made the following recommendation: that the updated Unauthorised Encampment Policy and procedure for managing and enforcing unauthorised encampments as detailed in Annex A be adopted.

The Cabinet Member for Housing and Property Services and the Corporate Manager for Property, Leisure and Climate Change outlined the contents of the report stating that this was a 3 yearly review of the policy and procedures for unauthorised encampments on Council owned land.

Consideration was given to:

·         The timescales for eviction from Council owned land

·         The number of sites available for gypsies and travellers in Mid Devon

·         The number of evictions that had taken place

·         Whether the policy and procedures could be condensed

RESOLVED that the updated Unauthorised Encampment Policy and procedure for managing and enforcing unauthorised encampments as detailed in Annex A be adopted.

(Proposed by Cllr C R Slade and seconded by Cllr Mrs C P Daw)

Reason for the decision – there is a need for an updated policy to be in place.

Note *Report previously circulated, copy attached to minutes.