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Over a month ago about 40 caravans appeared on the edge of our village, they've clearly not jet washed everyone's drive, trimmed their trees and laid new drives, yet, so they want to stick around.
According to local councillor their eviction went to high court today and now they've moved to the other side of the village, presumably side steeping the the eviction notice they've been given.
The locals have been informed that it will be mid June before the legal process will take its course.
Surely there's a distance parameter on the judgement today and secondly I'm sure the nearest next council moves them on in days, not weeks.
Anyone familiar with the timescales?
A community pitched up outside the MI5 base in Bury. They were gone in the morning.
Who told you that was MI5? 🤣🤣
I go there weekly and it's definitely not MI5.
If they're clever they'll have found land where ownership is unclear or the owners are difficult to contact.
When they took residence on our school fields we were told 2 weeks before anything can be done.... They left after 13 days
Hopefully the local authority will be able to provide the members of the travelling community with some decent hard pitches at a local caravan site. Maybe the council could liaise with the Travellers and see if they require any help with anything, check they have access to healthcare and schooling etc.
Who told you that was MI5? 🤣🤣
I go there weekly and it’s definitely not MI5.
You would say that though wouldn't you?
You would say that though wouldn’t you?
Indeed, he would.,
If he didn't, he'd be in my office first thing this morning.
If he didn’t, he’d be in my office first thing this morning.
To collect more paperclips?
😎
You might find they'll go when they're ready & not long before.
Some pikeys rocked up on land owned by the jail I worked in (Crown property), management asked them to move, they didn't. The police told them to move, they didn't. They went when it suited them.
I evicted some once (as a lawyer), they left pretty much as the court officers pitched up to tell them to do so with the court order.
They knew the deal.
Just tell them they can stay forever as you’re going to dig a trench across the access 3m wide 2m deep, leave the choice in their court.
Two local stories that got them moving quickly:
1) Moved onto farmland, farmer drove down with muck spreader and told them they had 30 mins to move - they moved.
2) Moved onto local rugby training ground. Rugby club called the police and told them they were holding a 'training session' and the police should get down there. About 20 rugby players went down and started chucking balls at their vans, they moved on.
2) Moved onto local rugby training ground. Rugby club called the police and told them they were holding a ‘training session’ and the police should get down there. About 20 rugby players went down and started chucking balls at their vans, they moved on.
Was that the Dings ?
Hi
I deal with this a handful of time each year especially on the run up to Appleby.
If they move onto private land the land owner can move them on pretty quickly (normally a few days) but this involves going to court, getting a court order and possibly instructing bailiffs to remove them.
If they move onto public land then the Local Authority should have a procedure for evicting them. Shouldn’t take more than two weeks as there is a process to follow and you have to be able to show the court you have taken their human rights into account, assessed any medical needs etc etc. In my experience they move on the day of the hearing and I have never had an eviction challenged by the travellers or refused by the court.
Again you have to be prepared to instruct bailiffs but not had to do so yet.
They know the process and they know you do too so it’s all a bit of a game. Always found them to be friendly enough if you don’t be an arse and treat them like people.
Cheers
Steve
I’m sure the nearest next council moves them on in days, not weeks.
Fatgit looks like a better source of info than me on this but UIUI once a local authority provides official sites of sufficient capacity the process for moving travellers on becomes a lot quicker.
So that would be one potential reason why a nearby authority moves them on quicker than yours.
Hi
There’s no obligation on any traveller to go to an official site.
Feuds and other issues run deep within families for generations and there can be all sorts of reasons why they don’t want to go to a particular site.
Also many simply don’t want to be constrained in a particular location.
There human rights remain and there is a legal process to follow. Often the timescale is constrained by getting a court date and still being able to give them 48 hours notice of the hearing which is a must if you don’t want your case thrown out.
Cheers
Steve
In Bury the travellers thought the land was owned by the council, which is why they moved on to it.
Either through the difference the ownership of the land makes or the slow process of the council, they typically get to spend around a week on council land before having to move on.
In this case the land is privately owned and so the landlord ensured the process was done and dusted within 24 hours. They moved within about 36.
This is from speaking to both sides.
Just had 4 days of travellers on a recreation ground in Marlow. Unfortunately this group were incredibly anti-social, many break ins, blatantly stealing van signs to put on their vans, constant abuse, joy-riding in the rec, swapping licence plates in full view, groups egging and stonign cars in the streets.
If you report anti-social behaviour like this to the police then a 24 hour notice can be issued, but you have to report it. The volume of reports have to reach a certain threshold.
So if anyone says there is nothing you can do then it is basically bollox. You have to just keep reporting it which can be quite long winded.