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Dale Farm Latest

3rd October 2011
Posted by Gateway 97.8

Most of the caravans at the  Traveller site can be removed, a judge has ruled. Basildon council took a further step towards evicting 86 families from the unauthorised site in Essex after a judge ruled it could remove caravans from 49 out of 54 plots.

The council was also told it could remove most of the concrete pitches, but the walls, fences and gates should remain, quashing the council’s stated hope of “clearing” the site and returning it to greenbelt land.

The eviction cannot begin for several days, as Travellers wait to hear about three separate judicial reviews about the legality of the eviction. A separate high court judge is expected to rule if the judicial reviews can be heard by noon on Tuesday. An injunction preventing any removal from the site is expected to remain in force until at least after that decision.