Posted by : Kenneth Street
| Date posted : 07/02/2012
We all know what happened at Dale Farm in Essex. The big problem for the local Council was that this was not a case of trespass, merely a breach of planning control. As a result, the Council was only able to use enforcement notice procedures under planning legislation.
When trespassers (not necessarily travellers) come onto your land, you, as landowner, will usually be in a stronger position to move them off than the local Council at Dale Farm because you will normally be relying on your rights as landowner.