In the event that you are camping on a privately run Gypsy/traveller campsite in Thetford, Bury St Edmunds, or Ipswich, your rights will depend on the type of site it is in Ipswich, and whether it is a protected site, with planning permission and site licence.
Residents in Ipswich of the protected sites have more rights than the ones living on the unprotected sites and give you better protection in Suffolk against the eviction.
When you live on an unregulated property in Ipswich, that is, a place with no planning permission and a site license, you will not have certain privileges in Suffolk, and the site owner will be able to evict you very quickly.
However, as an ordinary law occupant in Bury St Edmunds, Ipswich, or Thetford, being removed, you have some rights including the permission to be served with a notice 4 weeks earlier, it is rarely done in Ipswich.
If you are living on a private land without the owner's consent in Ipswich, the landowner or other tenant can make eviction moves against you.
In certain cases, the property holder in Suffolk may not be aware of your settlement on their property until the locals start complaining.
It is therefore good to talk with owner in Ipswich regarding your stay on their property and in the event that your camping doesn't lead to trouble and the property in Bury St Edmunds, Ipswich, or Thetford is not being used, the owner is likely to allow you to stick around for some time.
If the Ipswich tenant or landowner decides to evict you, they may take the following steps:
Apply to the Suffolk court for a possession order or interdict, which require you to vacate the land in Ipswich
Ask Ipswich council to follow possible steps
Ask the police in Ipswich to take some measures in order to move on
Attempt to remove you from Suffolk themselves
If you failed to get the landowner's permission before camping on a site in Thetford, Ipswich, or Bury St Edmunds, the landowner may have to apply to the sheriff court for an eviction order in Ipswich.
In this situation, you will receive a notice from the court known as a Summary Cause Summons which would include the date of your court hearing in Ipswich.
If you receive a summons, get immediate advice from a lawyer or Denbigh Franks.
The nearest Citizens Advice may be recommend a solicitor in Ipswich who would be able to provide assistance.
Due to the fact that you are living illegally on the property in Ipswich, you don't have much of a defence when the hearing goes to court, however, a solicitor will help with delaying the eviction in Suffolk if you have reason to do so, for example, they can delay it on humanitarian grounds.
You must move if the Sheriff grant's the landowner's eviction order in Ipswich.
An interdict is an order from civil court in Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds, or Thetford that tells you to stay away from a particular place or not to do something in Suffolk.
When the Ipswich landowner has already applied for an interdict, court papers with instructions will be sent to you.
For example, you may be sent a prohibition ordering you to move away from the land of the owner in Ipswich, or preventing you from moving in the first place.
You must get in touch with the law centre or a solicitor in Suffolk as soon as you receive these papers.
You can also get in touch with the locally based Citizens Advice as they may help you find your lawyer in Ipswich.
Your solicitor may help you in defending your actions in court.
The court in Ipswich, Thetford, or Bury St Edmunds will only grant the interdict once they have analysed your current situation.
For example, a sheriff may not grant a veto if it is causing you or your Ipswich family great trouble.
In case you are granted an interdict and fail to adhere to the terms such as failure to leave private land in Ipswich, the Suffolk police will come in and arrest you if the order gives them the go ahead to do so.
You may be charged or even imprisonment if the landowner in Ipswich proves that you've broken the terms of the interdict.
The Suffolk council has the legal right to move anyone living on the property owned by someone else if the Ipswich landowner does not have planning permission for the land, or if there are any public health issues occurring.
At last, the police can be called to evict the Travellers in Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds, or Thetford.
The Ipswich landowner has all the rights to evict you without any legal order.
However, you can report the landowner to the police in Ipswich if they injure you in any way, or if they cause any damage to your vehicles or property and they may face charges.
In this case, you are required to gather enough evidence to support your case, for instance, film or photograph the incident in Suffolk using your camera or smartphone.
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