Travellers still not moved from council land in Brogborough - Bedfordshire

From Bedfordshire On Sunday

A LARGE group of Travellers given 24 hours last Friday to vacate land they are illegally encamped on in Brogborough still have not been moved.

The group, which have now been on the land near Brogborough Lake and where the A421 joins the M1 for at least two weeks, were given notice to leave within 24 hours on March 13 but have not done so.

Central Bedfordshire Council says it is now in the process of obtaining a court order to have them moved, the hearing for which will take place on Tuesday.

A spokesman for Central Beds council said: “We have followed statutory legislation in regard to moving the Travellers on. We issued removal notices for the three sites, giving the Travellers 24 hours to leave. The notices were not complied with and we have now moved to the next stage in the process where will seek to gain permission from the court to serve an order for removal of persons and vehicles. If the court agrees to this we will appoint bailiffs to evict the Travellers from the three sites. The court hearing is due to take place on March 25.

"In total, there are 28 caravans on the three sites, of which 13 are on the first Brogborough Lake site."