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How To Do Traveller Evictions From Private Land In Torbay, Devon

Evicting Travellers And Gypsies From Private Areas In Torbay

If you are in camping on a gypsy/traveller that is run by a private owner in Torquay, Cockington, or Maidencombe, then your rights will depend on the kind of site in Torbay you are staying on and is the site is protected with Planning permission and site license.

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Removal From A Protected Area In Torbay, Devon

Travellers in Torbay that camp on a protected site have many rights and claims than their counterparts who are camping in an unprotected site, such as protection from eviction in Devon.

Removal From Unprotected Sites In Devon's Torbay

Those living within an unprotected location in Torbay, which is a site without legal permission of planning and a site licence, do not have the same rights as those living on a protected site in Devon, and the landowner can easily evict you from the land.

As a tenant of common law who's being evicted from Torquay, Maidencombe, or Cockington, you must know the rights of you and you must know about the right of four-week notice of eviction, but it will not be easy to enforce in Torbay.

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Eviction From An Authorised Site On Private Land In Devon's Torbay

If you do not take consent of the legal occupier and occupy private land in Torbay, for example, the tenant, or the landowner, steps can be taken by the owner to evict you.

It's worth noting that the landowner may not even known of your presence until they get complaints regarding your camp site in Devon.

You should always have a discussion regarding occupying the Torbay landowner's land with them and if your escapade does not bother anyone and that land in Maidencombe, Cockington, or Torquay is not being used, you will probably be allowed by the landowner to camp for some time.

In case the lawful tenant or property owner in Torbay wishes you to leave, they may:

Apply to the Devon court for a possession order or interdict, which require you to vacate the land in Torbay

Ask the Council in Torbay to effect the eviction

Contact the police in Torbay to evict you

Moving you on themselves in Devon

Eviction In Torbay In Devon Due To A Possession Order

The landowner can request an eviction order in Torbay through the sheriff court to remove you from their land if you're camped on private property in Maidencombe, Torquay, or Cockington without the owner's permission.

In this case, Summary Cause Summons, a court document, will be sent to you in Torbay and this document tells about when your case hearing is scheduled.

If you get a summons, seek advice from your law expert or Denbigh Franks.

On the other hand, the local Citizen's Advice could help you get a solicitor in Torbay.

You would not get any defence in the court as you are trespassing on someone else' land in Torbay but a lawyer can assist you in delaying the eviction in Devon on humanitarian grounds such as someone is ill in your house or there is a pregnancy in your family.

You will have no choice but to move on from Torbay if the Sheriff provides an eviction order.

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Eviction In Devon's Torbay By An Interdict

An interdict is a special court order from the civil courts in Cockington, Maidencombe, or Torquay that directs the defaulters/defendants on what or who to stay away from in Devon.

If the landowner in Torbay applies for an interdict, the court will deliver papers to you with instructions of what is to be done.

For example, the interdict may require you to move out of the owner's land in Torbay or stop you from moving into it.

You must get in touch with the law centre or a solicitor in Devon as soon as you receive these papers.

Get in touch with the local Citizens Advice as they can help you in contacting a lawyer in Torbay.

A solicitor will help you defend the action in court.

Before the order is permitted, the court in Cockington, Torquay, or Maidencombe will always take into consideration your situation.

For instance, if this action will contribute more hardship to your household in Torbay, an interdict will not be granted.

In case the interdict is granted and you don't act according to the orders, such as leave the land in Torbay, then the Devon police may be able to arrest you if given the power.

You may be fined or face imprisonment if the landowner in Torbay has enough evidence to prove that you breached the terms of the interdict.

Eviction By The Council In Torbay In Devon

The Devon council has the legal right to move anyone living on the property owned by someone else if the Torbay landowner does not have planning permission for the land, or if there are any public health issues occurring.

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Eviction By The Police In Torbay, Devon

If nothing works in favour of the owner of the land, they might call the police for eviction in Torquay, Maidencombe, or Cockington.

Eviction By The Landowner In Torbay In Devon

The landowner in Torbay has the right to evict you without getting a court order.

But if their action is based on violence that causes damage to your vehicles or injures you in any way you can call and report to the police in Torbay and they made face charges.

If this route is taken, then it is advisable to gather up as much proof as you can to help your case, for instance, take photos or film the incident in Devon.

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