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Find out your rights and discover where you can get help in Capstone, Gillingham, or Rochester if you are in trouble of getting evicted by an authorised place or an unauthorised camp site in Chatham.
When traveling on mobile homes or caravans, most travellers and gypsies stay on authorized sites in Chatham which are owned by a council, a private site owner, or housing association.
Note that you can only be removed from a permanent site in Kent if the owner of the site in Chatham has a good reason and applies for a court order.
Chances of eviction in Gillingham, Capstone, or Rochester increase if:
Fail to pay the pitch fees in Chatham
Fail to upkeep your mobile home or caravan in Kent
Behave antisocially in Chatham
If you don't live on your mobile home in Chatham predominantly, you may be evicted as well.
However, you can use your caravan to travel for several weeks in different council sites in Kent.
If the Chatham site owner wants an eviction order in Capstone, Rochester, or Gillingham from the court, they must prove that:
Tenants received the eviction notice and sufficient time to pack up
There has been a violation of the agreement conditions
A possession hearing in Chatham would be held in court where the situation would be assessed.
We recommend taking a legal representative or a solicitor with you in Kent.
The Kent court will assess the situation and then decide on whether to terminate the agreement and order eviction in Chatham or not.
You may find approved transit sites in Gillingham, Capstone, or Rochester offered by some councils.
It enables you to stay in your mobile home on a pitch in a transit site in Chatham for up to three (3) months.
However, the Kent Council has the right to end this agreement without any court orders and provide you with a notice with the duration of 4 weeks to vacate the place in Chatham.
But if you disobey any terms of the contract, you can be evicted from the transit site in Chatham.
In this situation, they will provide you with the reasonable time to put things right.
In some areas in Chatham, you won't be able to find the authorized permanent and transit sites.
In case you choose to purchase your own piece of land in Gillingham, Rochester, or Capstone to deal with the problem, you will need a site certificate as well as planning permission in order to pitch tent and start living there.
If you do not have a site license and planning permission, the Kent council has the jurisdiction to take legal action to keep you off or other people from staying on the land in Chatham.
The council can:
Give you an enforcement notice in Chatham
Apply for a court order for eviction from the land in Kent
If the council has taken enforcement action, you won't be able to live on your land in Chatham.
This is labelled tolerated development that is unauthorised.
An unauthorized campsite in Rochester, Capstone, or Gillingham refers to staying and parking one's caravan at a spot which does not have legal permission, and it includes:
Roads, verges and laybys in Chatham
Farm and other private lands in Kent
Forests, parks, and wilderness in Chatham
Negotiated Stopping In Chatham In Kent
In a few areas in Chatham, you could come to an agreement that is negotiated stopping as a choice to vacating an area immediately.
With this agreement, you agree that you won't leave waste on the land and you won't light fires in Rochester, Capstone, or Gillingham.
A temporary stay of up to 30 days could be granted by the council in Kent.
Speak to a Gypsy and Traveller specific council member to discuss this.
If you fail to leave after being requested to, the police or council in Chatham may:
Give formal direction to move from the land in Chatham
Apply to the magistrate's court in Kent for an eviction order
The police or council will consider your children in Capstone, Rochester, or Gillingham's needs before giving you the formal eviction order.
However, it's a criminal offence not to vacate an unauthorised encampment in Chatham after a formal direction.
The authorities will either impound your vehicle or they will arrest you.
If you can prove that you were unable to move on even from Chatham after the order due to severe illness, breakdowns with mechanical parts, or other types of emergencies, then you can defend yourself.
If your mobile home cannot be parked in a legal manner in Kent, you qualify as homeless.
You can ask the council to provide you with help if you're already homeless and or facing the possibility of eviction in Chatham within the upcoming 2 months.
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