Please could you provide the following information on socially rented Traveller sites in your local authority area for the five full calendar years between 2017 and 2021.
This includes all sites owned and managed by the local authority or by a housing association, but not private sites. For any ‘yes’ answers, please specify in your answer which site the answer refers to, e.g. ‘Mary Street, Bradford’, or ‘Esholt Site, Bradford’
1a. Have you received any environmental complaints from residents or other parties, including council officers, between 2017 and 2021? Please respond with a ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ answer for each of the five years.
Devon County Council does not have any sites relating to travellers, and therefore does not hold this information.
1b. For any ‘Yes’ answers, please list how many complaints you received by type for each calendar year. For example: 2017 – Total: 18 – 8 complaints for vermin, 2 from odour from refuse dump, 1 for noise, 3 for insects, 1 for dust, 2 for air pollution, 1 for flooding etc.
Not applicable.
2a. Between 2017 and 2021, has the council measured air or noise pollution, or taken soil samples to test for contamination? Please respond with a ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ answer for each of the five years for air, soil and noise separately. For example: 2017 – Noise pollution – Yes; Soil – No; Air pollution – Yes.
The monitoring of pollution is carried out by District and Unitary authorities so this information is not held by Devon County Council.
2b. For any ‘Yes’ answers, please state whether or not pollution or contamination exceeded legal or recommended levels, or was higher than the local authority area average on the site at any point through each year. Please give as much detail as you can, such as the month the breach occurred. For example: 2017 – Noise pollution exceeded legal or recommended levels in March; air pollution exceeded legal level.
Not applicable.