'End of the road' for Dale Farm travellers as court appeal refused - Polidicks

• Travellers at Dale Farm have admitted it "looks like the end of the road" for them after a Court of Appeals judge refused to let them challenge a High Court ruling allowing them to be evicted. • They have vowed to "fight the bailiffs off," as Basildon Council called for them to "leave peacefully." [b]Tourist information:[/b] Ten years ago, travellers were refused planning permission to set up pitches in half of Dale Farm, and the court battle to evict them has been waging ever since. Bailiffs were brought in to evict them on 19 September, but a last-minute injunction saved them. The other half of Dale Farm exists legally and has planning permission, while the area as a whole represents the largest traveller settlement in the UK. [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-15342282[/url] [quote=BBC News][b]Residents of Dale Farm have been refused permission to appeal against a High Court ruling giving Basildon Council the go-ahead to evict them.[/b] Travellers asked for leave to appeal against a decision last week to allow the council to clear 49 plots. Lord Justice Sullivan, at the Court of Appeal, said it could not challenge the decision by Mr Justice Ouseley. A travellers' spokeswoman said after the hearing: "This looks like the end of the road." Dale Farm resident Kathleen McCarthy added: "We'll have to fight the bailiffs off. We're already in lockdown." Following the judgement, Basildon Council said it would not be giving any further notice of when the eviction will start. [b]'Pack and leave'[/b] It also made a final request for residents to "leave peacefully and in an orderly fashion". Council leader Tony Ball said: "Since last Wednesday evening the residents at Dale Farm have been living on borrowed time. "I made it very clear following Mr Justice Ouseley's judgment that they should now leave peacefully and in a safe and orderly fashion. "I also made it clear that the so-called supporters should also pack up their belongings and leave the site. "If they have the travellers' best interest at heart they will either leave the area now or confine their activities to helping the travellers to leave over the coming days." He added: "We are required to give 48 hours' notice to three plots and that we will do, but the rest of the site will now be cleared at a time of our choosing. "Our job is now to clear this site in a safe and dignified manner and this is what we intend to do."[/quote]

they've spoiled my milk for TOO LONG.

This whole legal battle will leave the local community worse off than they'd be if they were allowed to stay. It will cost the council thousands, if not millions, of pounds in court costs, evicting the site, rehousing the travellers and destroying + clearing the site.

[QUOTE=Jasun;32829577]This whole legal battle will leave the local community worse off than they'd be if they were allowed to stay. It will cost the council thousands, if not millions, of pounds in court costs, evicting the site, rehousing the travellers and destroying + clearing the site.[/QUOTE] Local residents recently [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-15052369]threatened to stop paying their council tax[/url] unless the travellers were evicted Doing nothing would have undermined the planning permission process as anyone could have built anything and gone "well Dale Farm didn't need permission"

Lush sent money to the dodgy anarchists who were camped out at Dale Farm but not the Gypsy Council who were fighting the legal battles to keep the site up. Just so you know.

[QUOTE=smurfy;32829661]Local residents recently [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-15052369]threatened to stop paying their council tax[/url] unless the travellers were evicted Doing nothing would have undermined the planning permission process as anyone could have built anything and gone "well Dale Farm didn't need permission"[/QUOTE] The thing is that they should have enforced this much earlier, before it even got to this state. They have been living and building on the land for 10 years now, it should not have taken this long. Also, after all the media attention this is getting, the council are being pressured to remove the site, or they'll face a public outcry. This whole case is one huge mess, and it would've been better just to leave the place how it is, but prevent them or anybody else from building in the future without the appropriate planning permission.

about fucking time, gypsies think they have more rights than normal people, it makes me sick

Bloody gypsies.

Crusty jugglers.

Next thing you know they'll be knee deep in dog muck and thieving kids.