Traveller Liaison
Responding to Travellers in our Community
Our aim is to provide essential services to the travelling community in the borough.
We do that by:
- Providing a Traveller Liaison Officer to be a single point of contact for unauthorised travellers and the agencies that service them
- Working closely with the Police and other agencies
- Identifying service needs in the travelling community
- Evicting unauthorised travellers from public land
- Providing advice and an eviction service to land owners
- Providing an official Gypsy Site
What you can expect if you contact us about unauthorised travellers:
- We will provide advice and information about our services
- We will investigate all allegations of nuisance behaviour, dangerous and roaming animals and rubbish dumping
- We will ensure that all instances of criminal behaviour are made known to the Police
- We will respond within 24 hours to reports of traveller incursions on public land and share that information with the Police
Traveller encampments will not be tolerated on:
- Land used for essential health or emergency services
- Land used for educational purposes
- Country Parks
- Land previously targeted by travellers, which cannot easily be secured and which has resulted in substantial economic cost for that land owner/user
Tolerance period
There will be a 48 hours tolerance period of the travelling group on other land open to the public unless:
- They have previously abused our tolerance
- They fail to maintain reasonable standards on the site
- They fail to cooperate with us; or
- There is an increase in crime
More about us
We also operate an Animal Welfare service to investigate loose and dangerous dogs, and respond to animal welfare issues.
Gypsy and Traveller Sites|
Education for children of Gypsies or Travellers|
Contact
Business Support Team
Environmental and Enforcement Services
Roycraft House
15 Linton Road
Barking
IG11 8HE
Supported by Barking and Dagenham Direct:
Tel: 020 8215 3010
Fax: 020 8227 5184
Textphone: 020 8227 5755
Email: 3000direct@lbbd.gov.uk|
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 8am - 8pm.
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