Thursday, 1 December 2011

Isle of Wight Councillor Seeks to Ban Gypsies and Travellers | Suite101.com

The report, which was carried out as part of the Housing Act 2004, placed a statutory obligation on the Isle of Wight Council to provide 24 sites by the end of 2011. Section 3.4.2 read, 'We consider this to be an underestimation of need, however without accurate caravan count data it is not possible to make a more accurate estimation.'

Their findings had also suggested that the annual caravan count had been misrepresented for years, in the council's report to the mainland.