HC Deb 06 December 1976 vol 922 cc28-32W
Mr. Farr

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list how each county council in England and each London borough council has individually complied with the provisions of the Caravan Sites Act 1968 and has provided permanent sites to which gypsies and other itinerants can be directed.

Mr. Marks,

pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 3rd December 1976; Vol. 921, c. 282], circulated the following additional information:

GIPSY SITE PROVISION IN ENGLAND AT 30th NOVEMBER 1976
(Sites marked * are temporary)
County, District Council (Name and/or Location of Site and Number of Pitches
Bedfordshire
South Bedfordshire (Pepperstock, Caddington) 12
South Bedfordshire (Chiltern View, Eaton Bray) 20
Luton (Stopsley) 15
Berkshire
Newbury (Burghfield Common) 19
Bracknell (Easthampstead) 12
Buckinghamshire
Beaconsfield (Mansion Lane, Iver) 32
Cambridgeshire
Fenland (New Bridge Lane, Wisbech) 16
Peterborough (Oxney Road) 21
Cheshire
Crewe (Wrenbury Heath) 15
Halton (Warrington Road, Widnes) 15*
Vale Royal (Hapsford, near Helsby) 15
Cornwall
Kerrier (Camborne) 5

Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire (Grassmoor) 15
Devonshire
East Devon (Broadclyst, near Exeter) 10
East Devon (Sowton, near Exeter) 44*
Dorset
Poole (Mannings Heath) 22
West Dorset (Piddlehinton, Dorchester) 16
North Dorset (Thornicombe, Blandford) 10
Durham
Darlington (Honeypot Lane) 20*
Darlington (Neasham Road) 20
East Sussex
Wealden (Swan Barn, Hailsham) 3
Wealden (Polly Arch, Polegate) 3
Essex
Epping Forest (Toot Hill, Standford Rivers) 12
Harlow (Fernhill Lane) 16
Basildon (Hovefields) 20
Harlow (Peldon Road) Wintering site 20*
Gloucestershire
Forest of Dean (Cinders Caravan Site, Crump Meadow, Cinderford) 10
Tewkesbury (Cursey Lane, Elmstone Hardwicke) 14
Stroud (The Willows, Sandhurst Lane, near Gloucester) 30
Greater London
Barking (Eastbrook End, Dagenham) 16
Barnet (Colney Hatch Lane, Finchley) 12*
Bexley (Powerscroft Road, Foots-cray, Sidcup) 15
Bromley (Star Lane, St. Mary Cray) 12
Croydon (Beddington Farm Road) 15
Baling (Kensington Road, Northolt) 16*
Enfield (Montagu Road, Edmonton) 15
Greenwich (Harrow Manorway, Abbey Wood) 54
Hammersmith West Way 20
Harrow (Walling Farm, Elstree) 15
Havering (Stubbers Pursuit Centre South Ockendon) 16
Hillingdon (Colne Park, Cricketfield Road West Drayton) 26
Hounslow (The Hartlands Church Road, Cranford) 17
Kingston upon Thames (Hook Rise North Surbiton) 15
Lambeth (Lonesome Depot) 15
Lewisham (Thurston Road) 15*
Merton (Durnsford Road, Wimbledon) 15
Newham (Templer Mills, Clays Lane Stratford) 14
Redbridge (North View, Forest Road, Hainault) 16
Richmond upon Thames (Bishops Grove, Hampton) 16
Southwark (Dog Kennel Hill) 15*
Sutton (Carshalton Road, Wood-mansterne, Banstead) 15

Waltham Forest (Folly Lane, Wal-thamstow) 16
Wandsworth (Trewint Street) 12
Greater Manchester
Manchester (Dantzic Street) 16
Bolton (Hall Lane) 16
Bury (Todd Street) 13
Wigan (Bickershaw Lane, Abram, Hindley) 15
Wigan (Miry Lane) 15
Stockport (Hatherlow Street) 15*
Oldham (Ada Street) 16
Hampshire
Southampton (Redbridge Lane) 20*
Southampton (Kanes Hill) 20*
Hart (Star Hill, Hartley Whitney) 20*
Hereford and Worcester
Wychavon (Hipton Hill, Evesham) 15
Bromsgrove (Wythall) 12
Hertfordshire
Welwyn Hatfield (Holwell Court, Hatfield Road, Hatfield) 19
Hertsmere (Sandy Lane, Bushey) 27
St. Albans (Barley Mow Lane, Small-ford) 15
St. Albans (Three Cherry Trees) 15
Welwyn Garden City (Tolpits Lane, Watford) 4*
St. Albans (Park Street) 6
Humberside
Beverley (Middledyke Lane, Cottingham) 34*
Kent
Dartford (Claywood Lane) 12
Medway (Cuxton) 12
Maidstone (Marden) 15
Tonbridge and Mailing (Windmill Lane) 16
Sevenoaks (Edenbridge) 12
Maidstone (Ulcombe) 12
Ashford (Chillmington, Great Chard) 16
Lancashire
Blackburn (Albion Road) 17
Preston (London Road) 15*
Leicestershire
Leicester (Meynell Gorse, Golf Course Lane, Braunstone) 15
Bosworth (Aston Firs, Sapcote, near Hinckley) 15
North West Leicestershire (Station Yard, Castle Donnington) 3
Lincolnshire
Lincoln (Blyton) 15
South Kesteven (Grantham) 16
Merseyside
Liverpool (Oil Street, Waterloo Dock) 24
St. Helens (Sherdley Road) 12
Norfolk
Norwich (Mile Cross Road) 15

Northamptonshire
Daventry (Gypsy Lane, Irchester) 16
Northumberland
Wansbeck (Shields Road, Hartford) 15
Nottinghamshire
Nottingham (Moor Bridge) 15
Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire (Sandford on Thames Wallingford) 16
Oxford (Slade Park) 15
Vale of White Horse (Woodhill Lane, East Challow) 12
Somerset
Frome (Berkley) 8
Sedgemoor (Westonzoyland) 8
Taunton Deane (Otterford) 5*
West Somerset (Farringdon Hill Lane) 10
Yeovil (Chilworthy Donyatt) 5*
Yeovil (Ilton) 15
South Yorkshire
Rotherham (North Anston) 15
Doncaster (Armthrope) 16
Sheffield (Tinsley Park) 15*
Barnsley (Smithies Lane) 15*
Staffordshire
Stoke-on-Trent (Linehouses) 20
Newcastle-upon-Lyme (Brook Valley) 15*
South Staffordshire (Norton Road, Walsall) 10*
Surrey
Tandridge (Tupwood Lane Cater-ham) 10*
Tandridge (Green Lane, Outwood) 49
Waverley (Alma Nursery, Farnham) 15*
Tyne and Wear
Newcastle (Lemington) 10*
Gateshead (Abbey Road) 15*
West Midlands
Birmingham (Castle Vale) 16
Sandwell (Brierley Lane, Coseley) 15
Wolverhampton (Showell Road) 15
Dudley (Oak Lane) 15
Walsall (Willenhall Lane) 15
Solihull (Bickenhil) 15
West Sussex
Chichester (Tangmere) 22
Mid Sussex (Wastead, near Lindfield) 7
West Yorkshire
Leeds (Cottingley Springs, Gelderd Road) 15
Bradford (Esholt Lane, Baildon) 16
Wakefield (Heath Common) 20*
Wiltshire
Salisbury (Lodge Hall, Downton) 12
Thamesdown (Hay Lane, Wroughton) 30
No of permanent sites provided at 30th November 1976 Pitches 100=1,588

No. of temporary sites provided at 30th November 1976 26= 420
Total 126=2,008

On some temporary sites, there are no pitches as such and the size as shown in terms of pitches relates to the general level of occupancy. These levels clearly fluctuate from time to time.

Forward to