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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D7269/4/4/5
TitleGypsy sites: Derby City Council general
Date1983-1984
Description(i) Includes:
Petition against a proposed site between Derby Rugby Club and Ypres Road, Oct 1983
Notes of meetings between representatives of Derbyshire County Council, Derby City Council, Derby Council for Racial Equality and Derbyshire Gypsy Liaison Group re a permanent site for Gypsies in Derby, Jan 1984
Notes of meetings between representatives of Derbyshire County Council and Derby City Council re suggested Longbridge Lane site, Feb 1984
Minutes of Derbyshire County Council Technical Services Committee, Feb 1984
Design and planning brief for the suggested Normanton Barracks site, 1982, and report for Technical Services Committee October, 1983;
List of site selection criteria, 1983
Development programme for a Gypsy site, 1983-1985
Plan of Longbridge Lane site, Feb 1984;

Correspondence and related papers concerning proposals for a permanent Gypsy site in Derby including Longbridge Lane and Normanton Barracks, from parties including:
Derby City Council, Derbyshire County Council, the National Gypsy Council, Derby Gypsy Liaison Group, Derby Diocesan Council for Social Responsibility, central government Department of the Environment rejecting proposed site at Normanton Barracks Sep 1983, Margaret Beckett MP (Derby North) suggesting a site where the A6 meets the Derby ring road as an alternative to Longbridge Lane, 1984, Edwina Currie MP (Derby South).

(ii) Letters of objection to the proposed use of Longbridge Lane as a permanent Gypsy site, 1983 (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 Until01/01/2085
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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