Residential Mobile Homes in Scotland - Scottish Government

APPENDIX THREE: GYPSIES / TRAVELLERS ON PRIVATELY
OWNED SITES IN SCOTLAND: THE TWICE-YEARLY COUNT -
NO. 8 : JULY 2005
Information on Gypsies/Travellers on privately owned sites was also available from the
Scottish Government, via their twice yearly count. The table below summarises the private
sites recorded in the July 2005 count. In total, 21 sites were identified, which was more than
in the summer of 2004 (17).
Availability and use of privately-owned sites in July 2005
(base = 13 Councils)
Council
No. of sites
No. of h/holds
All-year Summer only. Site Site Type* Use over previous
short stay long stay six months**
a H ? ? A
Highland 0 4
b H ? ? B
c H ? ? B
d H ? ? C
a G 0 20 A
South Lanarkshire 2 1
b H 11 0 B
c G 4 8 A
a G 0 20 A
Fife 1 2
b G 1 0 A
c ? ? ? ?
East Ayrshire 1 1
a G 0 1 B
b H 0 0 B
Scottish Borders 2 0
a H 0 15 A
b H 0 0 B
Aberdeenshire 1 0 a H 0 0 B
Angus 1 0 a G 0 16 A
Dumfries & Galloway 0 1 a H 0 16 A
East Renfrewshire 1 0 a H 0 4 A
Falkirk 1 0 a G 0 1 A
Perth & Kinross 1 0 a H 0 0 B
Stirling 0 1 a H 0 0 A
G = 7 A = 11
TOTALS 11 10
16+ 101+ B = 8
H = 13
C = 1
* Site type G = provided specifically by/for Gypsies/Travellers; H = primarily for holiday/touring use
** Frequency of use over previous six months A = Continuous B = Occasional C = Not at all
Source: Scottish Government, 2005
The following Councils recorded no private sites of any kind:
Aberdeen; Argyll & Bute; Clackmannanshire; Comhairle nan Eilean Siar; Dundee;
E/Midlothian; E. Dunbartonshire; Edinburgh; Glasgow; Inverclyde; Moray; N. Ayrshire; N.
Lanarkshire; Orkney Islands; Renfrewshire; Shetland Islands; S. Ayrshire; W.
Dunbartonshire; W. Lothian
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