Birchanger Parish Council

Birchanger Parish Council received the following from Uttlesford District Council at 12:08 today.

I can confirm that the Council applied for an injunction at the Royal Courts of Justice in London last week and were successful.  The injunction was served at the site by bailiffs on Saturday morning.  The injunction is to prevent any new people moving onto the site who weren’t already living at the site at the time of the serving of the injunction on Saturday morning, no additional caravans are to be brought onto the site and any further works to the site to enable the use of the land for residential purposes. 

UDC officers will of course be monitoring the site to ensure the occupants/owners are adhering to the injunction. 

This post last updated 30/7/18 at 14:38.

Birchanger Parish Council is trying to resolve the situation of the encampment in Birchanger Lane as soon as possible. We are working closely with Uttlesford District Council, who are the planning authority responsible for Birchanger, and who have the duty of enforcing breaches of planning regulations.  They have been overwhelmed by contacts from Birchanger residents so rather than contacting everyone individually they will be sending communications about this matter through the parish council.

The primary contact points within the parish council will be the following.

Angie Driscoll at angidriscoll@aol.com (817376)
Elizabeth Godwin stickgo@outlook.com (812793)

There will be a public meeting about the situation at the end of Birchanger Lane on Tuesday 7th August at 8.00 in the village hall. The CEO of Uttlesford District Council, Dawn French, will attend.