Dale farm contentious issue
The Dale farm traveler’s site at Cray’s Hill, Basildon Essex is a contentious issue about travelling families, putting their caravans on pieces of land that they bought from what used to be scrap yard and not getting planning permission to live there.
“Problems began ten years ago when two travelers bought a former car scrap yard on a six acre plot next to the authorized site, and subdivided it into plots which they sold to other travelers.”” to currently house about 400 people on the pitches.” in 54 homes of which 49 have been ordered to be removed.
This argument between Basildon council and the travelers lead to several court cases to avoid eviction, which failed so, the travelers then applied for human rights.
The decision by the judge delayed the eviction of the travelers several times within a month period.
This then failed on the 17th of October when the travelers lost to the high court and the judge ordered the eviction to go ahead on the 20th October and with in this month protesters started arriving in force at the gates of dale farm, they barricaded themselves in and chained them selves to the fence. When the police and bailiffs came to remove the travelers it was not peaceful, rocks were throw and taser guns were used but all have left.
The site was then cleared of the travelers on Thursday the 20th of October 2011; the site is now being surveyed to see how to reinstate the land.
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