Travellers who set up camp in Chesterfield to be served with eviction notice

By Oliver McManus
Published 13th Jun 2023, 11:35 BST
Updated 13th Jun 2023, 14:41 BST
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Chesterfield Borough Council says it has started the legal process of removing Travellers from land in Hasland.

The group set up a camp off Storforth Lane over the weekend, with Chesterfield Borough Council saying they intended to serve an eviction notice and were ‘prepared to take further action’.

Groups can be served a Section 62 Notice that allows a senior officer to direct those in an unauthorised encampment consisting of at least one vehicle and caravan to leave land, if the local authority can provide a suitable pitch for the caravans elsewhere within the area. Failure to comply with a police direction to leave is an offence.

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Travellers are back on park land off Storforth Lane in HaslandTravellers are back on park land off Storforth Lane in Hasland
Travellers are back on park land off Storforth Lane in Hasland

A spokesperson for Chesterfield Borough Council said: “We are aware that a group of Travellers are currently in Clubby Field off Storforth Lane.

“Our team will be serving the travellers with a legal eviction notice and we are prepared to take further action as required”