MORE unmarked trucks filled with hardcore were seen arriving at an illegal traveller site over the weekend... despite a High Court ruling banning further development.

Residents told how they saw a significant number of 7.5 tonne white transit vans ferry in asphalt to the two-acre field on land west of Hovefields Avenue, Wickford - which lies two miles from the infamous Dale Farm site, in Crays Hill.

High Court Judge Graham Wood told travellers based at Hovefields to down tools ahead of a full hearing later in May - or face prison.

Jill Walsh, spokesman for Hovefields Residents Association, said: “There were a few 7.5 tonne trucks filled up with hardcore, they are just not taking any notice at all, they just don’t care.

“The development has slowed down since the council ordered firms to stop delivering building materials to the site, but it is still carrying on.

“They have electricity there and septic tanks sank into the ground.

“I don’t know why there has been so much traveller activity around Basildon, but I have never known for there to be so many small encampments popping up.

“Surely they can’t be expecting to move into Dale Farm Mark II, it has injunctions and court orders on it.”

The continued work on the green belt site, clearly in breach of a High Court injunction obtained by Basildon Council, comes as Essex County Council successfully evicted 25 caravans off of a patch of grass in West Mayne, Basildon.

The eviction came after residents were brought to tears when 30 to 40 tonnes of household waste was dumped on public land in front of St Nicholas Church, Laindon. It cost Basildon Council £7,000 to clear up the flytipping.

Jill’s son Chris Walsh is also writing a series of open letters to Basildon Council chief executive Bala Mahendran, in the hope it will force a tougher stance against those developing the site.

He said he has access to fresh photos showing another three or four caravans have pitched up over the bank holiday, with a significant amount of new asphalt being laid on the ground.

He said: “Today we have been supplied aerial shots showing the new development, and we are more than happy to give them to Basildon Council to use as evidence that this development is still going ahead.”

Kevin Blake, deputy leader of Basildon Council, welcomed the fresh evidence.

He said: “they are breaching conditions all over the place. With evidence people supply it gives us more ammo to go to court with.”