PILES of old furniture, discarded food and even human waste have been dumped in bushes outside a family pub.

The rubbish was found piled up in Victoria Road, Laindon, close to the Four Seasons pub. The discovery came on the same day ten caravans moved on from a grass verge in Westmayne, which backs onto the land.

Building waste and dirty nappies were among the haul.

It comes just a fortnight after travellers dumped up to 40 tonnes of household waste in front of St Nicholas Church, in Church Road, Laindon. Basildon Council contractors spent all weekend clearing the huge mounds of rubbish - costing taxpayers nearly £7,000.

Stephen Hodge, Ukip councillor for Nethermayne, has called for those responsible to be prosecuted. He said: “I’m just absolutely sick and tired of it – just like the residents are.

“It’s so easy for the police to track down those who committed these offences, all they have to do is check the number plates on CCTV cameras.

“They’ve dumped all the waste down from the Four Seasons Pub – it’s a disgrace and another clean-up bill for residents.”

An Essex County Council spokesman told the Echo the travellers left Westmayne on Sunday - without the authority having to issue an eviction notice.

Kevin Blake, deputy leader of Basildon Council, said: “All of this fly-tipping is down to Government law - it will continue to go on until those laws are changed.

“Another reason we’re seeing so many incidents with travellers is because people keep them in business here.

“If people didn’t allow them to do jobs for them on the cheap they wouldn’t be able to make a living down here.

“There’s a lot of green space here and we’re close to London which is why we have so many travellers in the area.”

The Echo contacted Essex Police for comment but did not receive a response before going to print.

Nobody from the Four Seasons Pub, part of the Hungry Horse chain, was available for comment.

The latest flytipping follows high-profile court cases surrounding land off Hovefields Avenue, Wickford.

On Friday, a man was jailed for 35 days and four others were fined a total of £8,000 after defying a High Court injunction in relation to a site at Silva Lodge Kennels.

Basildon Council, which brought the proceedings, was awarded costs of £17,500.

The sentencing, on Friday, was in relation to breaches of a court order - obtained in October 2016 - which banned more caravans and mobile homes being brought onto the land.

The next hearing for land west of Hovefields Avenue - dubbed Dale Farm II - has been scheduled for Wednesday, June 7.