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FOI request (FOIR-833741183)
Traveller sites/pitches
Requested Fri 01 May 2026
Responded Thu 21 May 2026Please could you provide the following information:
1 How many permanent residential caravan sites are in your local authority?
Of these sites, how many are set up and available for travellers to move to?
2 How many permanent residential pitches are in your local authority?
Of these pitches, how many are available and set up for new traveller tenants?
3 How many transit caravan sites are in your local authority?
How many are available and set up for travellers to move to?
4 How many households are on your waitlist for a suitable pitch on a traveller site?
5 Did you apply for funding to build traveller pitches as part of the 2016 – 2023 Affordable Homes Programme?
If so, how much funding did you receive? And how many pitches did you build?
6 Have you applied for funding for new traveller pitches under the Strategic Partnership route of the new Social and Affordable Homes Programme (SAHP) 2026 to 2036?
Response
Q1 - Zero
Q2 - Information not held
Q3 - Information not held
Q4 - Information not held
Q5 - Information not held
Q6 - Information not held - East Sussex County Council (ESCC) own and manage 4 permanent Travellers' sites:
Swan Barn Caravan Site, Downash Road, Hailsham, BN27 2RU (9 pitches)
Batts Bridge Caravan Site, Batts Bridge Road, Maresfield, Uckfield, TN22 2HN (10 pitches)
Polly Arch Caravan Site, Polly Arch, Lynholm Road, Polegate, BN26 6JP (6 pitches)
Redlands Lane Caravan Park, Redlands Lane, Salehurst, Robertsbridge, TN32 5NE (8 pitches)
There is also a transit site managed by ESCC in Lewes with 9 pitches.
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