When you are staying on a privately run Traveller/Gypsy site in Telford, Shrewsbury, or Oakengates-Donnington, rights are completely dependent on the type of site in Shropshire and if it is protected or not or it is with the site license and planning permission are all the main factors.
Unlike people who stay on unprotected sites in Shropshire, residents who stay on protected sites have more rights, in addition to an increased immunity from being evicted in Shropshire.
An unprotected site in Shropshire is an area that does not have a site license and planning permission and if you are living in such a place in Shropshire, your rights are limited, and the landowner can easily evict you from a site.
In some conditions, the travellers can get the time of four weeks to leave the land under common law in Shrewsbury, Oakengates-Donnington, or Telford but you'd find it difficult to enforce it in Shropshire.
If you settle on a private land in Shropshire without being permitted to do so, plans to remove you may be initiated by the owner or an authorized residence, for instance, a tenant.
Remember that the owner can be completely unaware of your presence until they find it out through the complaints of your encampment in Shropshire.
It is advisable to get in touch with the landowner in Shropshire and agree that you can camp on the site in Telford, Oakengates-Donnington, or Shrewsbury as long as your stay does not cause issues to them or damage to the property.
In case if the landowner in Shropshire wants to evict you they can:
Apply to the court in Shropshire and obtain the order to move you out of the land in Shropshire
Request the council to take appropriate actions in Shropshire
Ask the Shropshire police to act
Evict you themselves in Shropshire
In the event that you camp on unauthorised space without the owner's permission in Telford, Shrewsbury, or Oakengates-Donnington, the authorised occupant or property owner may request for an order in Shropshire from court to get you out of their land.
If granted, the court will send you a paper called summary Cause Summons to invite you to attend court in Shropshire for a trial of the case.
However, you need to get advice from Denbigh Franks or solicitor straight away if you receive a summons.
The local Citizens Advice can help you get in touch with your solicitor in Shropshire who will assist you.
Due to the fact that you are living illegally on the property in Shropshire, you don't have much of a defence when the hearing goes to court, however, a solicitor will help with delaying the eviction in Shropshire if you have reason to do so, for example, they can delay it on humanitarian grounds.
When the eviction order is granted by the court, you have no option but to vacate the land in Shropshire.
An interdict is a court order from the civil courts in Oakengates-Donnington, Shrewsbury, or Telford ordering you to keep off from a person or a place and it can also tell you not to engage in an activity in Shropshire.
If the landowner in Shropshire applies for an interdict, the court will deliver papers to you with instructions of what is to be done.
For instance, you could receive an interdiction ordering you to remove yourself from the location in Shropshire, or be prevented from living on it initially.
If these court papers are sent to you in Shropshire, contact a law centre or solicitor immediately.
Your local Citizens Advice can also help you reach a solicitor in Shropshire who can help you.
You may be able to defend the action in court with help from your solicitor.
The court in Shrewsbury, Telford, or Oakengates-Donnington will take your situation into account before granting the interdict.
For example, if there is a chance of serious difficulty for the household in Shropshire, the bailiff will probably not be giving an interdict.
In the event that you get an interdict order and you refuse to abide by the terms including vacating personal property in Shropshire, the Shropshire police may be called in and have you arrested if the notice allows.
You may be fined or face imprisonment if the landowner in Shropshire has enough evidence to prove that you breached the terms of the interdict.
You can easily be evicted from a piece of land by the Shropshire council if the landowner in Shropshire lacks planning permission for an area on their land or if the site has the potential to cause health hazards to the public.
If nothing works in favour of the owner of the land, they might call the police for eviction in Telford, Shrewsbury, or Oakengates-Donnington.
The Shropshire property holders bare the permission to evict people from their land and do not require an order from the court.
But, if they damage your personal belongings in any way shape or form, or if they cause harm to you, you do have the legal right to report this to the officials in Shropshire and the landowner could face charges due to this.
In this case, you are required to gather enough evidence to support your case, for instance, film or photograph the incident in Shropshire using your camera or smartphone.
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