Court order for travellers
An emergency court order has been served at a site where residents fear an illegal travellers' camp is being built.
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council's planning officers and police took legal action after unauthorised building work began in a field next to the existing Costalot travellers' site, near Bagworth.
Scores of diggers and tipper trucks began moving onto the field on Thursday night and started delivering concrete. No planning permission has been granted for any development.
The council issued an emergency legal order to get the work stopped on Friday afternoon, but the aggregates deliveries have continued. Now the authority is preparing to ask magistrates to enforce the notice and order that work which has already been completed is ripped up.
2 Comments
by Dave, H&B
Tuesday, April 21 2009, 2:06PM
“Why is there no one on call at the council for this kind of events ?
Stopped in time, it would save a huge amount of money to the community !”
by mark, coalville
Monday, April 13 2009, 10:42AM
“Every bank holiday the travelling community start work on extentions,camps and even brick built bungalows around Bagworth. Joe public knows this,so why are the council officials always on holiday at this time?
The order may well have been served on friday but work continued friday,saturday,sunday and today.Whats the betting they are still here in 12 months time?Like every other illegal camp that surrounds Bagworth.”