Traveller family banned from all council land in Tendring - Essex

From the Clacton

A FAMILY of Travellers have been banned from all council-owned land in Tendring for three years.

The Travellers tried to set up home on four Tendring Council owned sites over the past month.

But following a hearing at Colchester County Court today, a judge issued an order banning them from the council’s land.

The family moved onto open space at York Road, Holland-on-Sea, ythis morning, having spent the previous week at a site 600 metres away in Brighton Road.

Tendring Council was due to submitting papers for repossession of the Brighton Road site when it discovered the family had left and gone to York Road, following which the council made the application for all of its land.

Nick Turner, cabinet member for the environment, said he is delighted with the judgement.

“It now means that with the order in place we will be able to move this particular family on immediately using bailiffs should they set up home on any of our sites within the next three years,” he said.

“All four locations they have chosen have been in high profile tourist areas and we have acted swiftly in each case.”

The two caravans and three vehicles initially turned up at the Naze Car Park, in Walton, but were told to move on.

They then took up residence on Walton’s Bath House Meadow.

Tendring Council said an officer spoke to the family, which had no intention of leaving.

But after paperwork was prepared and submitted for court action the family moved on - only as far as Brighton Road.

The council, which served the court papers on the family yesterday afternoon, said it is now looking to help find a suitable site for the family within the district.