Ensure that you know where to go for assistance as well as your rights in Barton Hill, Arno's Vale, or Canon's Marsh if you are removed from an unproved settlement or licensed location in Bristol.
Most gypsies and travelling folk live in caravans or portable homes on property in Bristol owned by Private property owners, the council, or housing association.
You are able to be evicted from any permanent site in Bristol if the landowner in Bristol has reason and can get a court order.
You may be easily evicted in Barton Hill, Arno's Vale, or Canon's Marsh because of:
Don't settle the pitch fees in Bristol
You are unable to maintain your Caravan or mobile home in Bristol
Inappropriate behaviour in Bristol
You could also face eviction if you don't use the mobile home in Bristol as your primary residence.
However, most council locations in Bristol allow gypsies to travel around in their caravan for many weeks each year.
In order to obtain an eviction order in Canon's Marsh, Barton Hill, or Arno's Vale, the landlord in Bristol must demonstrate that:
Notice of this has been given and a timeframe provided to amend the damage
Breaching the terms of agreement
The court in Bristol is responsible for setting up the possession hearing date when they will assess the situation.
You can attend with a legal representative or solicitor in Bristol.
The Bristol court will assess the situation and then decide on whether to terminate the agreement and order eviction in Bristol or not.
You may find approved transit sites in Barton Hill, Canon's Marsh, or Arno's Vale offered by some councils.
If you are lucky to have a pitch on a transit site in Bristol, you are free to live at that place in your mobile home for a maximum of three months.
The Bristol council can remove your legal right to live on the transit site in Bristol without having a court order to do so, providing they give you a 4-week written notice and no reason is needed to do this.
In case you break a term of the agreement, the council can also terminate your stay on the site in Bristol.
But they must give you notice of what you've done and a reasonable time to vacate.
Limited amount of moving sites and warranted permanent sites in Bristol are available.
You need a licence and planning permission to park a caravan and live in if you've bought your own land in Arno's Vale, Barton Hill, or Canon's Marsh.
If you don't have a permit or planning permission, the Bristol council is allowed to stop you or anyone residing on the property in Bristol through legal means.
The council can:
Serve a notice for implementation in Bristol
Apply for a court injunction for your eviction from Bristol
Except legal action is taken by the council, you would usually be allowed to stay on your land in Bristol.
This would be classed as a 'tolerated' development in professional terms.
An illegal camp site in Arno's Vale, Canon's Marsh, or Barton Hill is created when you park up and set up your caravan on a site where you have not been authorized to, these include:
Roads, verges and lay-bys in Bristol
Farming land and other private areas in Bristol
Wasteland or parks or forests in Bristol
Negotiated Stopping In Bristol In Bristol
You can come to a negotiated stopping agreement in a few areas in Bristol as an alternative to moving on immediately.
With this agreement, you agree that you won't leave waste on the land and you won't light fires in Arno's Vale, Canon's Marsh, or Barton Hill.
Generally, the Bristol council allows one to live on the premises for one month temporarily.
Liaise with a Traveller and Gypsy expert within the council.
If you fail to move on from Bristol when they ask you to do so, the police or council may:
Serve you a formal direction to vacate the area in Bristol
Provide you with a magistrate's removal order in Bristol
The requirements of any children on the land in Canon's Marsh, Barton Hill, or Arno's Vale will be taken into consideration before any legal action or order to leave has been given.
You can be charged with a criminal offence if you do not exit the area in Bristol after being given a formal order.
You may find yourself being put in prison, fined, and having your mobile home impounded.
However, you may defend your case if there is a valid reason why you could not leave Bristol as a result of an emergency such as a vehicle breakdown or an illness.
You are count as homeless in Bristol if you have nowhere to caravan or live.
Seek guidance from the council in case you are a homeless person or facing removal in Bristol in the next eight weeks.
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