Know where to get help in Romsey, Compton-Otterbourne, or Bishopstoke and your rights if you are facing eviction from unauthorized campsite in Eastleigh.
Most Gypsies or Travellers living in mobile homes or caravans stay on authorised permanent sites in Eastleigh owned by a Council or housing association or Private site owner.
You can only be evicted from a permanent site in Hampshire in the event that the site owner in Eastleigh has a reason and also has a court order.
You are risking eviction in Romsey, Compton-Otterbourne, or Bishopstoke if you are practicing the following:
Refuse to pay the pitch fees in Eastleigh
Not maintain your portable house or convoy in Hampshire
Have antisocial behaviours in Eastleigh
Additionally, you may be evicted if your mobile home in Eastleigh is not your main home.
However, you will be permitted to roam/travel by most council sites in Hampshire for several weeks each year.
The Eastleigh site owner must prove the following things to get an eviction order in Compton-Otterbourne, Romsey, or Bishopstoke:
They served you with an eviction order and gave you enough time to arrange your possessions
The agreement terms have been broken
The court in Eastleigh will arrange a possession hearing to assess the matter.
You can attend the possession hearing in Hampshire with a legal representative or a solicitor.
The decision to terminate your agreement and start the eviction process in Eastleigh would be made by the court in Hampshire.
You may get a pitch on an authorized transit site in Romsey, Bishopstoke, or Compton-Otterbourne provided by the Council.
You can stay on a transit site in Eastleigh for 3 months in your mobile home.
The Council in Hampshire may terminate your stay in Eastleigh and serve you four weeks' written notice without a court order or a reason for the decision.
Also, your stay on the transit site in Eastleigh can come to an end in case you have violated your agreement terms.
If you are found guilty, the council will provide you with the notice and a good amount of time to set things together and leave.
Due to a scarcity in most areas in Eastleigh of transit and authorised permanent sites.
You may have to buy your own land in Romsey, Bishopstoke, or Compton-Otterbourne and you need to obtain a site license and a planning permission before you can start parking your caravan and camping there.
The Hampshire Council may come in to evict you from your Eastleigh land if you didn't have site license or a planning permission and they can take different steps to prevent you and any other person from occupying the land.
The council has the ability to:
Serve a notice for enforcement in Eastleigh
Go to court to get an injunction to displace you from your land in Hampshire
If the council does not instigate an enforcement process, you may keep on living on the land in Eastleigh.
This is referred to as unauthorised development that is 'tolerated'.
If you park up and live in your caravan in a place without legal permission in Romsey, Bishopstoke, or Compton-Otterbourne, this is an illegal campsite, such as:
Roads, verges and laybys in Eastleigh
Farm and other private lands in Hampshire
Parks, wasteland and forests in Eastleigh
Negotiated Stopping In Eastleigh, Hampshire
Instead of vacating the area in Eastleigh immediately, a negotiated stopping agreement may be reached in some selected regions.
That means you agree to terms that are simple, such as not leaving waste on the area or lighting fires in Bishopstoke, Compton-Otterbourne, or Romsey.
The Hampshire council generally agrees with temporary living for a maximum of one month.
Talk to a Gypsy or Traveller liaison officer at the council regarding this agreement.
If you do not move from a place when you are asked by the Police or the Council in Eastleigh, the council will:
Serve you a formal direction to leave the site in Eastleigh
Apply for a removal order in the court in Hampshire
The needs of any child on the site in Romsey, Compton-Otterbourne, or Bishopstoke should be put into consideration before you are given a formal order to vacate.
Not leaving an unauthorized encampment in Eastleigh following a formal direction is a criminal offence.
Your vehicles may be taken away or you can be fined or arrested.
You may put on a defence in the court in case you were unable to shift in Eastleigh due to mechanical breakdown, sickness or any other emergency.
If one does not possess an authorised spot to park their vehicle in Hampshire, one can be labelled as homeless.
If you are to be evicted in Eastleigh 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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