Check your rights and where to get assistance in Horsham, Haywards Heath, or Burgess Hill if you are expelled from an authorized site or an unauthorized camp in Crawley.
Most Travellers and Gypsies who live in caravans or mobile homes are staying on approved permanent sites in Crawley which are either a private site owner or the council or housing association.
Bear in mind that you may only be evicted from a lasting location in West Sussex in the event that the owner in Crawley has sufficient ground and requests an eviction order from court.
The eviction may take place in Horsham, Burgess Hill, or Haywards Heath if you:
Don't pay the fees for the pitch in Crawley
You are unable to maintain your Caravan or mobile home in West Sussex
You are showing antisocial behaviour in Crawley
Furthermore, you risk being evicted if you rarely use your mobile home in Crawley.
But most council sites in West Sussex would encourage you to spend some weeks each year riding in your caravan.
For the landowner in Crawley to acquire a court order in Haywards Heath, Horsham, or Burgess Hill, they must:
You have been given a fair notice and it is now time for you to leave
You have breached the terms of the agreement
A possession hearing in Crawley would be held in court where the situation would be assessed.
You have to attend the hearing or a legal representative can do this on your behalf in West Sussex.
Here the West Sussex court decides whether it's right to end your agreement and evict you from Crawley.
There are various transit locations in Haywards Heath, Horsham, or Burgess Hill offered by certain local authorities.
You can stay on a transit site with a pitch in Crawley, if you get one, or on an authorized transit site provided by the council, for about three months.
The West Sussex council has the power to terminate your stay on the transit site in Crawley without any court order and will serve you four weeks' written notice and the council need not give you a reason.
It may also end your stay on the Crawley site if you broke or went contrary to any of the terms of your agreement.
They must notify you of what you have done and give you a reasonable time to correct things.
The number of transit sites and authorized permanent sites in Crawley are limited everywhere.
If you decide to buy your own land in Haywards Heath, Horsham, or Burgess Hill to solve this issue, you must have a site license and planning permission to park your caravan there and stay in it.
The council in West Sussex has the right to take legal action and stop you from living on the land in Crawley if you don't have a site licence and planning permission.
The council can:
Serve your implementation notice in Crawley
Apply for an injunction in court to evict you from the land in West Sussex
You can live on the land in Crawley if the council doesn't take action on the enforcement notice.
This is referred to as a "tolerated" unauthorized development.
An illegal site for camping in Haywards Heath, Horsham, or Burgess Hill means you are living on land where you don't have permission for it and this may include:
In the laybys or on the road or verge in Crawley
Farming land and other private lands in West Sussex
Parks and Forests in Crawley
Negotiated Stopping In Crawley In West Sussex
In a few locations in Crawley, you can reach a negotiated stopping agreement so that you don't move out immediately.
This would come down to agreeing to a couple of easy terms like not burning fires or leaving rubbish on the site in Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath, or Horsham.
The council in West Sussex can grant your stay for a period of up to one month.
Talk to a Gypsy or Traveller liaison officer at the council regarding this agreement.
The police or council in Crawley may take several actions if you failed to leave after begin requested such as:
Serve you formal notice to evict the land in Crawley
Apply to the magistrate's court in West Sussex for an eviction order
The requirements of any children on the land in Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath, or Horsham will be taken into consideration before any legal action or order to leave has been given.
However, it's a criminal offence not to vacate an unauthorised encampment in Crawley after a formal direction.
You may be fined or arrested and your vehicle may be impounded as well.
You may put on a defence in the court in case you were unable to shift in Crawley due to mechanical breakdown, sickness or any other emergency.
They count you as homeless if you have no place in West Sussex that you can legally park your caravan and live in it.
If you are to be evicted in Crawley within the next two months or if you are currently homeless, the council can help if you seek assistance from them.
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