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Check how you can get help in Bandonhill, Carshalton, or Hackbridge if you're facing eviction from an unauthorised encampment or an authorised site in Sutton.
Most gypsies and travellers camp in a permanent site in Sutton in their caravan or mobile home which is owned by a private person or the housing association/council.
The landowner in Sutton must have a reason for eviction and apply for a court order before you can be removed from a permanent site in Greater London.
You can face removal from a site in Carshalton, Hackbridge, or Bandonhill when you:
There is pitch fees payment failure in Sutton
Fail to upkeep your mobile home or caravan in Greater London
Behave Antisocially in Sutton
You could also face eviction if you don't use the mobile home in Sutton as your primary residence.
Some council sites in Greater London allow you to travel in your caravan for a couple of weeks annually.
The landowner in Sutton can only acquire a court order in Hackbridge, Bandonhill, or Carshalton if:
They've given you notice and a reasonable time to put things right
You have breached the agreement terms
The court will look into the entire situation during the possession hearing in Sutton.
You are allowed to be accompanied by your legal representative or solicitor in Greater London.
The Greater London court's decision of allowing the eviction in Sutton or terminating the agreement will be based on the evaluation of the situation.
Authorized transit sites in Bandonhill, Hackbridge, or Carshalton are provided by a few local councils.
You can stay on a transit site in Sutton for 3 months in your mobile home.
Without an order from the court, the Greater London council can end your rights to live on a transit site in Sutton as long as you are provided 4 weeks notice in writing.
They can also terminate your right to stay on the site in Sutton if you break the terms of your agreement.
They must notify you of what you have done and give you a reasonable time to correct things.
There are only a few transit and licensed sites all over in Sutton.
You'd need to get the site license and planning permission if you want to use your own land that you have bought in Bandonhill, Hackbridge, or Carshalton for parking a caravan.
In case you have no permit and planning authorisation for the site in Sutton, the local authority in Greater London bears the powers to instigate legal proceedings to evict you or prevent others from occupying the piece of land.
The council can:
Giving you an enforcement notice in Sutton
Apply for a court injunction to evict you in Greater London
Except legal action is taken by the council, you would usually be allowed to stay on your land in Sutton.
There also exists tolerated unauthorised development.
An illegal encampment in Carshalton, Bandonhill, or Hackbridge refers to setting up and staying in a caravan in an area without legal permission to be there, and this includes:
Lay-bys, roads, and verges in Sutton
Agriculture and other private land in Greater London
Forests, wastelands and parks in Sutton
Negotiated Stopping In Greater London's Sutton
You can call for a negotiated stopping agreement to prevent having to move on immediately in Sutton.
The negotiated stopping agreement means you agree to various terms like not lighting fires and not leaving waste behind in Hackbridge, Bandonhill, or Carshalton.
You would be granted a temporary stay for about one month by the council in Greater London.
To get a temporary stay on the land, the traveller must talk to a council officer.
If you choose to remain on the Sutton land after you have been instructed to leave, the police or local council may:
Grant structured guidance for you to quit the land in Sutton
Approach the magistrates' court in Greater London and apply for a removal order
The needs of any child on the site in Hackbridge, Carshalton, or Bandonhill should be put into consideration before you are given a formal order to vacate.
It is an offence that is criminal if you do not leave the unauthorised campsite in Sutton when provided with a formal direction.
You may face being arrested or charged, and your vehicles may be confiscated.
However, you may defend your case if there is a valid reason why you could not leave Sutton as a result of an emergency such as a vehicle breakdown or an illness.
You qualify as homeless in Greater London if you have no place to lawfully park and stay in your truck.
You can ask the council to provide you with help if you're already homeless and or facing the possibility of eviction in Sutton within the upcoming 2 months.
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