Learn the rights you have in Cockington, Maidencombe, or Torquay, when facing eviction as a gypsy or traveller on an unauthorized encampment or an unauthorized site in Torbay.
A lot of gypsies and travellers live in caravans or mobile homes and they settle on authorized lands or other permanent sites in Torbay which are either owned by the private landowners, housing associations, or Council.
Bear in mind that you may only be evicted from a lasting location in Devon in the event that the owner in Torbay has sufficient ground and requests an eviction order from court.
You can face removal from a site in Torquay, Cockington, or Maidencombe when you:
Failing to remit pitch charges in Torbay
You are unable to maintain your Caravan or mobile home in Devon
Unbecoming behaviour in Torbay
Gypsies can also be evicted if they do not use their mobile homes in Torbay often.
However, if it is a council site in Devon, they will let you travel in your caravan for some weeks every year.
Before you can get an eviction order in Maidencombe, Torquay, or Cockington, the site owner in Torbay must show that:
You have been given a fair notice and it is now time for you to leave
You have breached agreement terms
However, the court in Torbay will take a look at what's happened at a possession hearing.
We recommend taking a legal representative or a solicitor with you in Devon.
Here the Devon court decides whether it's right to end your agreement and evict you from Torbay.
Councils present transit sites that are authorised in Maidencombe, Torquay, or Cockington.
You can stay on a transit site in Torbay for up to 3 months in your mobile home.
Your rights to remain on the land in Torbay can be terminated by the council in Devon in the absence of a court order, you would be provided with 4 weeks' formal notice.
If you breach a rule of the contract, the local authority may also end your stay at the location in Torbay.
However, for this, you will be given a notice detailing the violation and time will be provided to sort the things out.
In all locations in Torbay, transit sites, and other permanent lands, there is a decrease.
Assuming you purchased a piece of land in Torquay, Cockington, or Maidencombe to solve this problem, the first step is to get planning permission and licence for the site to be allowed to park and live in your caravan.
In case you have no permit and planning authorisation for the site in Torbay, the local authority in Devon bears the powers to instigate legal proceedings to evict you or prevent others from occupying the piece of land.
The council can:
Serve you a notice for enforcement in Torbay
Applying for a court injunction to remove you from the land in Devon
Except legal action is taken by the council, you would usually be allowed to stay on your land in Torbay.
This will be counted as tolerated unauthorized development.
An unauthorized campsite in Cockington, Torquay, or Maidencombe means parking up and staying in your caravan in a place where you are not legally allowed to, including:
Roads, laybys or verges in Torbay
Farms, private properties in Devon
Forests, wasteland, and parks in Torbay
Negotiated Stopping In Devon's Torbay
There could be a situation in Torbay where you will enter an agreement to stop from moving which is negotiated stopping.
You make simple agreement terms, for instance, no fires or littering the site in Torquay, Cockington, or Maidencombe.
Generally, the Devon council allows one to live on the premises for one month temporarily.
You can speak to a Traveller and Gypsy representative within the local council.
The police or council in Torbay may take several actions if you failed to leave after begin requested such as:
Give you an official directive to move out of the place in Torbay
Get an eviction order from the magistrate's office in Devon
Prior to receiving an official course to move out, the needs of the children involved in Torquay, Maidencombe, or Cockington should be considered first.
You are convicted to crime if you don't leave the campsite in Torbay even after being served with the formal direction notice.
Your vehicles may be taken away or you can be fined or arrested.
You may argue that you were unable to get out from Torbay because a member of your family was sick, an emergence occurred or your vehicle was in bad condition.
You qualify to be homeless in Devon if the is no place you can park and live in your caravan legally.
You can ask the council to provide you with help if you're already homeless and or facing the possibility of eviction in Torbay within the upcoming 2 months.
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