Birmingham City Council gives statement on temporary traveller sites
Birmingham City Council has said it will liaise with communities and businesses who may be impacted by plans to introduce up to 15 temporary sites for travellers across the area.
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A pilot programme, set to commence in the summer, could see ‘negotiated stopping’ sites made available in the city and would involve an unused piece of land being utilised as a temporary stopping place.
A council report recently said the authority would need to provide a pool of between 12 and 15 sites across Birmingham.
The proposals came amid the Labour-run council’s ongoing issues with its transit sites, which are authorised areas where members of the travelling community can be directed to when in the city.
They typically provide hard standing for holding caravans, a secure boundary and basic sanitary provision, while some also provide electricity.
But due to factors such as repeated vandalism and unauthorised encampments, the council’s two operational transit sites have often been closed.
“The existing provision does not meet the minimum pitch provision needs of the travelling community and there is no allocated budget for the management of the existing transit sites,” the recent report said.
