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Summary

This guidance aims to provide advice on carrying out an assessment of the accommodation needs of Gypsies and Travellers. It is not exhaustive or prescriptive. While it is recommended that the basic principles outlined here should be followed, the exact approach will need to be adapted to local circumstances.

This guidance sets out:

• why the Accommodation Needs Assessment has to be done
  
• what it should produce
  
• whom it should survey
  
• key differences between the Gypsy and Traveller community and others, and the practical implications of these differences
  
• how 'accommodation need' for Gypsies and Travellers differs from that for the settled community
  
• timescales for carrying out and updating the assessment

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