Removing unauthorised traveller camps from your land in Maidstone, Ditton, or Coxheath can be frustrating.
Council must have a court order for the eviction of the illegal settlers in Maidstone.
They may have to go through many processes because of the several laws to be considered before the eviction in Kent is proper.
When it comes to private landowners in Maidstone, it is more complicated because the Kent council has no responsibility in evicting the unauthorised occupiers.
However, the council in Kent can force landowners in Maidstone to evict travellers illegally camped on their property.
Travellers from Ditton, Maidstone, or Coxheath can neither Park nor camp on the lands in Maidstone where they do not have permission.
Places considered out of bounds for parking include:
A road or verge or in a layby in Maidstone that obstructs or could be dangerous for other road users
Cultivated properties in Kent like farmlands
In enclosed plantations in Maidstone
Some councils have waste ground areas in Maidstone, Ditton, or Coxheath that travellers can use temporarily as unapproved sites for camping.
If they camp on such land in Maidstone, the council will send a representative to assess their activities and determine whether they should be evicted or allowed to stay.
A Kent council representative will be required to consider how long they are planning on staying in Maidstone, if someone is sick, elderly or expectant - it could be risky moving them - and safety issues that affect the site such as a railway line.
The Kent council will also put into consideration the size of the area in Maidstone to determine if it appropriate for the vehicles parked, the use of the land and if it will be used later, any harm to the land and what will be consequences to society.
Basic amenities like trash bags for collection of rubbish and portable toilets may be made available in Maidstone to the travellers from Maidstone, Coxheath, or Ditton, by the council; although they would be required to pay a small amount of money.
In the interest of Public Health in Maidstone, travellers can also ask the Council to provide such kind of facilities.
After this, the local authorities in Kent must apply for both court orders and injunctions.
The council must first prove to the court that the travellers are camping on the land in Maidstone without permission.
The eviction of travellers in Maidstone will depend upon when the court hearing is scheduled by the court.
In some cases, travellers in Ditton, Coxheath, or Maidstone and the local authorities reach on an agreement regarding a leaving date in order to prevent eviction in Kent.
Property owners in Maidstone may contact the police in case of trespass by a traveller and may be removed from a particular region in Kent in the event that 2 or more travellers possess more than 6 automobiles on a property or have destroyed property or they have become offensive or threatening to others.
The police will order the traveller encampment in Maidstone to relocate when it is safe and practical to move.
This is to give them enough time to pack and fix broken or damaged vehicles in Coxheath, Maidstone, or Ditton.
If the travellers stubbornly refuse to move from Maidstone within the stipulated time, that's a criminal offence, and returning to the site in Kent three months after their departure is criminal too.
This can result in being fined or prison sentence if a traveller is convicted.
The Maidstone police may also tow their vehicles way and if they don't claim these vehicles within 21 days, they will be destroyed.
You should contact your local council in Kent so they can carry out their assessments on the travellers and the effects on the community in Maidstone.
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