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How Travellers Can Be Evicted From Private Land In Kent's Dartford

From Private Land In Dartford, Evicting Travellers And Gypsies

The category of area in Dartford will determine the powers you will have and if it is secured through permission planning and a license for the area if the camping has been done on a traveller/gypsy area that is privately-run in Bean, Darenth, or Clement Street.

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Eviction In Dartford From A Protected Site In Kent

You may enjoy more rights in case you are staying on a secured site as compared to if you settle around an unsecured area in Dartford and you may even benefit from enhanced safety against eviction in Kent.

Eviction From A Place That Is Unprotected In Kent's Dartford

An unsecured site in Dartford refers to an area with no site certification and planning authorisation and in case you are staying in a place of this kind in Kent, then you have limited rights, and the property holder may easily kick you out of the place.

That notwithstanding, you can rely on the common law tenant guidelines is you are being evicted from Darenth, Bean, or Clement Street, which include the issuance of a four weeks' notice to the travellers, although in Dartford, it can be a pain to enforce.

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Removal From An Authorized Area On Private Land In Dartford, Kent

If you are taking up a place on a private land in Dartford and you didn't get the permission of the landowner, you would still be evicted.

The fascinating thing here is that the landowner or legal occupier in Kent may not be aware that you are camping there until a third party informs them.

Contacting the Dartford landowner and discussing the situation can be of great significance and if your encampment is not causing any problem for others and the land in Clement Street, Darenth, or Bean is not intended for any other use they can be agreeable for your stay.

If the landowner or tenant in Dartford wishes to evict you, they will:

Apply to the Kent court for order of possession or interdiction requiring you to vacate the site in Dartford

Request action from the Dartford council

Ask the police in Dartford to do the same

Move you on from Kent themselves

Eviction In Dartford, Kent, By A Possession Order

If the property in Darenth, Bean, or Clement Street is privately-owned and you don't have permission to camp on it, the landowner can apply for an eviction order in Dartford from the Sheriff Court to evict you.

In this case, Summary Cause Summons, a court document, will be sent to you in Dartford and this document tells about when your case hearing is scheduled.

If you receive a summons, get immediate advice from a lawyer or Denbigh Franks.

Your local Citizens Advice may be in a position to hook you up with a Dartford solicitor who can assist you.

You would not get any defence in the court as you are trespassing on someone else' land in Dartford but a lawyer can assist you in delaying the eviction in Kent on humanitarian grounds such as someone is ill in your house or there is a pregnancy in your family.

But if the Sherriff awards the eviction order to the petitioner, then you must leave Dartford.

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Eviction In Dartford, Kent, Because Of An Interdict

Interdiction implies to a notice by the civil court in Clement Street, Bean, or Darenth informing you to move out of a certain place or away from somebody or never do a particular thing in Kent.

You will get sent some court papers, if a landowner in Dartford asks for an interdict order, which explain what you will be required to do.

For example, it is possible that you get an interdict telling you not to enter land that is private in Dartford or telling you to empty an area.

Get in touch with a law centre or a lawyer in Kent as soon as these papers by the court are sent to you and you receive them.

Get in touch with the local Citizens Advice as they can help you in contacting a lawyer in Dartford.

Solicitor is the only one who may help you to defend the action in court.

If things do well, the court in Darenth, Bean, or Clement Street may consider the inconveniences the eviction may cause.

If the verdict will compound your problems or cause your family great hardship, the court in Dartford may not grant it.

In case you are granted an interdict and fail to adhere to the terms such as failure to leave private land in Dartford, the Kent police will come in and arrest you if the order gives them the go ahead to do so.

A fine can also be charged and you can even be sent to jail if it is proven by the landowner in Dartford that you broke terms contained in an interdict.

Removal In Kent's Dartford By The Council

You may easily be removed from a Dartford property by the local council in Kent in case the owner has no planning authorisation for a particular section on their property or in the event that the location is likely to trigger public health concerns.

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Eviction By The Police In Dartford, Kent

This is the last resort, the police can be called in in Darenth, Clement Street, or Bean.

Removal In Kent's Dartford By The Land's Owner

The Dartford landowner has all the rights to evict you without any legal order.

However, in the event they harm you by destroying your vehicle or property, or inflicting injuries, you will need to file a case with the police in Dartford and have them charged.

However, to strengthen your case you must get as much evidence as you can and it is an important element in such situations such as taking photographs or making a video of the incident in Kent by your mobile etc.

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