Travellers on 'holiday let' land

longwalks1

Might be in the wrong section so apologies in advance, close to us there is a large area of land, that since the 2nd world war has housed maybe 20 or 30 chalet type homes, originally for people to holiday in. They were always for use something like 8-10 months of the year while i was growing up. Recently, some of the plots have bene sold off to travellers, and filled with large caravans, along with the usual rubbish, Transit vans, dogs and shoplifting kids. The area is now a fly tippers paradise.

How would the village, predominantly eldery people, even begin to look into getting them moved on. There must be some law that could be used??

Oakdene

britishboy wrote: »

Might be in the wrong section so apologies in advance, close to us there is a large area of land, that since the 2nd world war has housed maybe 20 or 30 chalet type homes, originally for people to holiday in. They were always for use something like 8-10 months of the year while i was growing up. Recently, some of the plots have bene sold off to travellers, and filled with large caravans, along with the usual rubbish, Transit vans, dogs and shoplifting kids. The area is now a fly tippers paradise.

How would the village, predominantly eldery people, even begin to look into getting them moved on. There must be some law that could be used??

Maybe offer to buy the land off them??

societys_child

Complain to the council?

davidmcn

Probably limits to what extent they can be "moved on" if it's their own land they're on! Planning would be the most obvious route, if they don't have consent for permanent occupation.

AdrianC

They might own the property, but I'd bet it's freehold - and their use is not within the lease's restrictions and requirements.

It's going to be a long, slow and expensive process, though.

silvercar

Local council and local councillors.

[Deleted User]

Everyones nightmare.

outofworksch

This may be a silly question but are you sure the plots have been sold to them?

diggingdude

start by getting some "NIMBY" signs printed

Davesnave

diggingdude wrote: »

start by getting some "NIMBY" signs printed

Would you like to tell us where your back yard is, so we can advise that they move there?

If they own the plots, moving them off may take a long time. They're breaking planning regs.

People like this lived on their own land for ten years near my village. The council here tends to be quite light touch in its approach, but eventually they moved in and confiscated the land to offset clearance costs, which were considerable.

tori.k

firstly I would have a chat with them about tidying the site up, we have a council run site quite close to us and a few larger individual families, most don't want to upset the locals with the individual families you wouldn't really know they are there, over the years they planted hedging that obscures there caravans, they go to work, kids to school like everyone else, occasionally there has been a bit of issue with the council run site that is quickly sorted, the biggest inconvenience is when someone changes caravan/bus to a static its quite a job to get a static down the lane so can block the road for an hour or more. but thats a rarity nowdays as most have been changed.
The laws have made it so hard for travelers to actually travel anymore its a naturally defensive society, as would anyone who turns up to a place and is instantly disliked regardless, maybe get in contact with the traveller movement they can help with mediation and inclusion if its just the mess thats the issue.