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How To Carry Out Traveller Eviction On Council Land In Kent, Kent

How Councils Can Evict Travellers From Council Property In Kent?

It is a long, complicated and frustrating process to remove illegal camps of travellers in Gillingham, Maidstone, or Chatham.

A court order must be sought in order to conduct the eviction in Kent.

But getting this court order is not an easy task due to the laws and issues, the authorities have to consider before travellers eviction in Kent can be carried out.

The eviction process can be very difficult for landowners in Kent because the Kent council has no jurisdiction to help in removing illegal occupants in private land.

However, the Kent council can only intervene when they need the private landowners in Kent to force travellers out of their land they have illegally camped.

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Where Travellers In Kent Are Not Allowed To Park?

Travellers from Maidstone, Chatham, or Gillingham are not allowed to establish camps on any place in Kent that they don't have permission for.

You commit an offence if you park:

In a way that can bother the passers-by or other people on the road in Kent or anywhere that can obstruct the usual walkway

A farmland in Kent

In enclosed plantations in Kent

What About On Council Land In Kent's Kent?

Travellers may be allowed to utilise the areas in Maidstone, Gillingham, or Chatham designated as dumping sites temporarily, although they are still considered as unauthorised areas.

If Travellers are using the council's land for encampment in Kent, the Council representative may visit the site and will analyse whether they should be evicted or not.

The Kent council representative will have to take into consideration if there is anyone that is ill, pregnant, or of old age, as they will be at risk if they are asked to move on, and the rep will also assess the surrounding area to ensure it is safe for them to stay in Kent.

One more thing that the Kent council representative has to think about, is that if the vehicles on the land used by the travellers are of appropriate size or not, moreover, if the land in Kent that belongs to The council needs to be used shortly or not.

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What The Council In Kent Will Have To Partake In If The Travellers Have Camped?

The council may avail facilities in Kent like mobile toilets and bin bags for rubbish collection for the travellers from Chatham, Maidstone, or Gillingham for a small fee.

The travellers can request these facilities in Kent from the council for the public's health.

What Will Happen After This?

After this, the local authorities in Kent must apply for both court orders and injunctions.

The council must first show that the travellers are on the land in Kent without consent.

Also, it will go to court in Kent to obtain a court order which depends on the time they can get a hearing date.

However, in many cases a vacating date is agreed in Chatham, Maidstone, or Gillingham and set with the travellers to prevent eviction in Kent.

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How Can The Police In Kent's Kent Help?

Police can be contacted by the Council or the landowner in Kent if trespassing is observed on a traveller site in Kent and police can evict them from the site on an immediate basis if; There are two or more people encamping on the site, There are 6 or more vehicles parked on the site, If anyone of the travellers has damaged the site, Threatening or abusive behaviour is shown by the travellers.

The police have the powers to evict a traveller from Kent and they will request them to leave if that's the wish of the landowner.

The travellers are given time so that they can take their belongings with them and manage their vehicles that are broken in Gillingham, Chatham, or Maidstone.

What If They Don't Move From Kent?

Travellers that defied the Police order to leave from Kent may be charged with criminal offence or if they returned to the same Kent site within a period of three (3) months from the date of their departure.

If convicted, this can lead to a fine or prison sentence.

The Kent police may decide to tow vehicles present on the unauthorised property way and may be demolished if no one claims them within a period of 21 days.

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What Should You Do For Your Concern Regarding Traveller Encampment In Kent's Kent That Is Illegal?

Contact the local council in Kent if you have reservations about an unauthorized traveller camp and the council will assess the situation and the potential impact on the local community in Kent.

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