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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D7269/8/2
TitleAccommodation for Gypsies
Date1984
DescriptionCorrespondence and other papers re the designation of South Derbyshire under the Caravan Sites Act of 1968 as an area requiring no further provision of accommodation for Gypsies.
Note of meeting re designation involving representatives of Derbyshire County Council, and the Chesterfield Borough Council, High Peak Borough Council, North East Derbyshire District Council, Bolsover District Council and South Derbyshire District Council, May 1981.
South Derbyshire District Council report on accommodation of Gypsies and designation of South Derbyshire, Nov 1981.
Letters from the Department of the Environment to the County Clerk and Chief Executive re proposed designation, Jan and Oct 1981.
Letter from the National Gypsy Council to the County Clerk and Chief Executive re Gypsy accommodation in Derby, Jan 1981.
Foston and Scropton Parish Council letter to the County Clerk and Chief Executive urging action towards designation, 29 Jan, and reply 9 Feb 1982.
Record of consultation before the designation application, containing a list of local authorities contacted and whether any objections were raised, 1980-1983.
Application to the Department of the Environment for the designation of South Derbyshire, Jul 1983, including summary of numbers of Gypsy caravans on unauthorised encampments in South Derbyshire, 1974-1983.
Copy of the Jul 1984 statutory instrument of designation.
Map of Derbyshire showing the designated areas of South Derbyshire and High Peak, with a note that it is an offence for a Gypsy to camp in such areas without the landowner's consent, c1984.
Derbyshire County Council document pack entitled "research for members" re Gypsy site rents, designation and eviction policies, 1985.
Summary of Derbyshire County Council's survey re the use of the 1968 Act by selected English local authorities, Nov 1986 (33pp).
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorDerbyshire County Council
Privacy NoticeData Subjects in Archives Privacy Notice
TermGypsies
Ethnic groups
Travellers
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