Dislodging unapproved traveller camps set up in public places in Denham Green, Wood End Green, or South Harefield can be a long, annoying, and challenging task to carry out.
First of all, you need to get the orders from the court to help you in the eviction process in Hillingdon.
It's not as easy as it appears to be and the council needs to go through a lot of problems when they are trying to evict the travellers in Greater London.
If the travellers build their camps on a private land, the Hillingdon land owner would have to face more problems because the Greater London council isn't responsible for helping them with evicting these travellers.
However, the Council in Greater London can mount pressure on landowners in Hillingdon to evict such occupants.
Travellers from Denham Green, Wood End Green, or South Harefield cannot camp on any land in Hillingdon without permission.
Areas where parking is not allowed include the following:
In a rest area or on road which can result in hurdles or a potential risk to others using the road in Hillingdon
On farmland under cultivation in Greater London
Plantations under the Forestry Department in Hillingdon
Travellers may be allowed to park on Council-owned land in South Harefield, Denham Green, or Wood End Green only if such a land has been set aside for unauthorized encampment.
The Hillingdon encampment site would be inspected by a representative of the council, this individual would decide whether the campers should be evicted from the land.
What the Greater London council representative will consider includes how long the travellers wish to stay in that place in Hillingdon, if any, among them is pregnant, sick, or elderly, plus safety concerns like a railway line near the location.
The Greater London council will also have to think about the number of vehicles on the land in comparison to the size of the land, what the usage of the land in Hillingdon usually is, if the area will be needed in the future, the possibility of any damage to the area and how it may affect the locals.
The council can provide Travellers from Denham Green, Wood End Green, or South Harefield facilities in Hillingdon such as portable bin bags and toilets and they would be charged a small fee.
These facilities are actually good for the local public, therefore, the Hillingdon travellers can also request these facilities from the council.
The local government in Greater London needs to ask for injunction and court orders.
The council must first prove to the court that the travellers are camping on the land in Hillingdon without permission.
The specified date for the court hearing determines the time of eviction in Hillingdon.
In most of the situations, the occupiers in Denham Green, South Harefield, or Wood End Green will avoid them being removed by leaving Greater London after talking to a council official.
The councillor or landowner in Hillingdon might call the police if they discover that a traveller is trespassing on private property in Greater London and if there are more than two people with six vehicles or more parked on the land, or if any of them caused damage, act in an improper way, is abusive or behave in a threatening way.
The police will appear to request that the Hillingdon travellers leave the land in the least amount of time possible.
The traveller may be granted time to arrange their possessions and repair their vehicles if they are grounded in Wood End Green, Denham Green, or South Harefield.
If travellers are insistent in remaining on the property in Hillingdon within the specified period, or if they come back to the same land in Greater London within 90 days, this is regarded as a criminal violation.
This can result in being fined or prison sentence if a traveller is convicted.
If the travellers do not move on, the Hillingdon police has the right to tow away vehicles and if not owned within 21 days, the vehicles will be destroyed.
You will inform and warn the local council in Greater London so that they can carry out their tests for the well-being of the passengers and the local Hillingdon area and neighbourhood impact.
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