Overview
Report an unauthorised encampment
Reported encampments
Information on known encampments.
Brooklands Community Park - update 16 May
The council was unsuccessful with its claim for possession at its hearing at Kingston County Court to recover the land at Brooklands Community Park.
The council will now be seeking an injunction from the Kingston County Court which will seek to prohibit camping on the land and require that they remove their belongings with immediate effect, or within 48 hours, as may be agreed by the County Court.
Further information will be available once a date has been secured. A full clear up of the site will be scheduled for as soon as the site is vacated.
Nomadic life
Nomadic life is not illegal, and Gypsy, Roma, travellers have a basic right to this way of life. It's the aim of Elmbridge Borough Council to ensure all its residents, whether living in settled or transitory communities, are treated equally and with respect. We also recognise that this has to be balanced with the rights of the general public to enjoy private and public land.
We are obliged to manage unauthorised encampments within the borough on council-owned land. It is not always possible to stop all access and from time to time unauthorised encampments are established.
For more information about unauthorised encampments, see Surrey Police: Unauthorised encampments and you.