South Gloucestershire Council
Travellers ordered to leave land in Stoke Gifford
They have until 3pm today
Bronwen Weatherby
Travellers who have moved into a woodland area in Stoke Gifford have now been ordered to leave by South Gloucestershire Council.
Those who remain on the land have been asked to move from the area by 3pm on Friday, August 11.
According to reports, caravans and other vehicles moved on to the land nearby Hatchet Road in Stoke Gifford around lunchtime on Tuesday.
Caravans and other vehicles are dotted around the wooded area off of Hatchet Road
There were believed to be about 10 caravans parked on the site, but the number of travellers living there is unknown.
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South Gloucestershire Council's legal team have served the community with a Section 77 eviction notice.
This power used by the local authority requires the travellers to leave as long as they have carried out welfare checks and have taken account of their human rights.
If they do not move off by 3pm the council might have to resort to applying for a Section 78 from a Magistrates Court which is a court order requiring them to leave with their vehicles.
The woodland area in Stoke Gifford now inhabited by travellers
Should the travellers choose to remain in the same place, council officers would be authorised to enter the land and remove the property to a safe place.
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A number of the vehicles parked on the site are said to have already moved off the site.
The council say they will review the situation on Friday afternoon.
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