Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation and Accommodation for Travelling Showpeople
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The Council has a responsibility to ensure the accommodation needs of Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople are met when they choose to locate in Southampton as part of their nomadic way of life. Current accommodation provision in the City includes a designated public Gypsy and Traveller site located at Kanes Lane, private Gypsy and Traveller sites with permanent planning permission at Botany Bay Road and South East Road and two Travelling Showpeople Yards at Candy Lane and Coles Yard.
The Council supports improvements to the existing accommodation at Kanes Hill as well as its further expansion if there is an identified need in the future. The Council also supports the provision of new accommodation for Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople in appropriate locations where there is an identified need once any expansion of the Kanes Hill site has been occupied.