Travellers lose housing court clash with council (From Echo)
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Travellers lose housing court clash with council
10:15am Friday 5th November 2010 in Basildon By Jon Austin
BASILDON Council was right to offer bricks and mortar accommodation to travellers facing eviction from an illegal site, a judge has said.
John and Mary Flynn and John and Barbara Sheridan launched a county court appeal after the council offered them flats and housing across the district as alternative accommodation to their illegal pitches on the Dale Farm camp at Crays Hill.
They argued the council had a duty to find them alternative caravan pitches because of their nomadic roots.
However, his honour deputy circuit Judge Peter Dedman ruled the council houses were acceptable and refused leave for them to appeal his decision.
More in Monday’s Echo.
Comments(7)
Baker-Boy
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1:41pm Fri 5 Nov 10
midnight warrior
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3:11pm Fri 5 Nov 10
Vernon Carter
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6:39pm Fri 5 Nov 10
stropmag
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9:05pm Fri 5 Nov 10
I suppose they will now accept the accommodation and commute nomad fashion between Dale Farm and their alternative housing according to the season.
Fupo
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11:07pm Sun 7 Nov 10
EthanEdwards
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3:38pm Tue 9 Nov 10
Expect the legal process -paid for by you- to last several years yet.
Then we'll have to start the merry go round again becuase the original eviction order will have expired.
They will finally leave Dole Farm about the time Heck suffers an early frost.
vangebasildon says...
1:09pm Fri 5 Nov 10
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Looking forward to seeing the end to this saga and for the council to learn from its mistakes and to ensure it never wastes so much money in this manner again.
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