- Decision made by
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Cabinet member for Place
- Decision
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To join and support the Essex Countywide Traveller Unit (ECTU) as a Partner Authority for and make a financial contribution to ECC
- Reason for decision
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Unauthorised traveller encampments are becoming more prevalent in the district and are taking up more and more officer time to deal with them, both technically and legally. Joining ECTU would enable the expertise to be developed within their team, provide a consistent approach to traveller enforcement and enable a broader view of traveller encampments within the County to support intelligence sharing. It would also release resource within the Distract to focus on core issues and direct efforts to prevent unauthorised encampments in the first place
- Summary of alternative options
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Not to support the unit and undertake to do all traveller related work ourselves
- Background documents
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ECC legal agreement for Partner Authorities to join the unit
- Declared conflict of interest
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None
- Date decision made
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August 16 2019
- Contact us
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You can contact us if you would like a copy of the record and supporting papers for this decision. Email governance@braintree.gov.uk