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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D7269/4/4/2
TitleGypsy sites: Derby City Council general
Date1977-1979
Description(i) Includes:
Notes of meetings between representatives of Derbyshire County Council and Derby Borough Council re a permanent site for Gypsies in Derby, Feb and Dec 1977, Feb, Apr, Jul and Nov 1978, some also including representatives of the National Gypsy Council
Location plans of possible sites, with lists of points for and against adoption, c1978
Joint report of Derby Borough Secretary and Estates Valuation Officer to the Resources Land Subcommittee re removal of itinerant caravans from council land, Nov 1976;
Joint report of the Clerk of the County, County Estates Valuation Officer and County Planning Officer re proposed Gypsy site, Nov 1977
Report of Derbyshire County Council Clerk and Chief Executive to the Estates and Buildings Committee re proposals for Gypsy sites, Jul and Dec 1978
Report of a public meeting of Ockbrook Parish Council to discuss proposed Gypsy sites in Spondon, Jan 1979
Report on current provision for Gypsies in Derby, Nov 1979
Development Programme for Gypsy site, covering Jan-Feb 1979
Petition from Alvaston Residents Alvaston Action Committee against a site for itinerants in Raynesway, Aug 1978, and similar petition from Spondon residents
Correspondence involving various departments of Derbyshire County Council and Derby Borough Council, as well as central government Department of the Environment, as well as from:
Chester Green Area Residents Action Group, Elvaston Parish Council and British Celanese Ltd, protesting the use of Raynesway as a Gypsy site, 1978-1979; Derby Council for Community Relations requesting involvement in consultation process, Nov 1978; National Gypsy Council requesting a meeting with Derbyshire County Council and Derby Borough Council, 1977 and discussing relative merits of potential sites at Breadsall, Spondon, Raynesway and Stores Road, 1978; members of parliament Walter Johnson (Derby South) and Philip Whitehead (Derby North) expressing the concerns of their constituents, 1978;

(ii) List of names and addresses of people who telephoned Derbyshire County Council to protest about a proposed site in Spondon, c1979 (This record is closed for 84 years from the date of the last record. Please contact us for further information.)
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorDerbyshire County Council
Access CategoryCLOSED
Closed Until01/01/2080
Access ConditionsClosed for 100 years from the date of the last record. See "Data subjects in archives privacy notice" (link below) for further information.
Privacy NoticeData Subjects in Archives Privacy Notice
TermGypsies
Ethnic groups
Travellers
Archivist NoteIn the case of files which have been artificially split into section (i) and section (ii), the location of the restricted section is the first location shown, i.e. J190/C4
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