[Executive Summary] Gypsies and Travellers are an important part of Britain’s population, heritage and social fabric. Providing well-designed and managed sites for Gypsies and Travellers supports happy and healthy communities and addresses wider determinants of health, education and employment. This report written by Dr Simon Ruston MRTPI is concerned with the provision of Gypsy and Traveller sites through theplanning system since 1960, with a specific focus on the period from 1994 to the present day.