Every day of occupation costs you
An unauthorised encampment can halt site operations, deter customers, and leave the landowner facing clean-up and fly-tipping costs that grow by the day. The good news: a private landowner does not have to wait weeks for a court date to recover their own land.
The Common Law route: action in about 24 hours
Under Common Law, a landowner may recover possession of their land using no more than reasonable means. Acting as your agents, we:
- Attend and assess the same day, confirming occupation, numbers, vehicles and access points, and carrying out welfare checks.
- Serve a formal direction to leave on the occupants, with a clear deadline.
- Return to enforce. Our teams oversee a calm, controlled departure and liaise with local police where appropriate.
- Secure the site with height barriers and bunds, or patrols and guarding, so the land does not simply refill next week.
Where a court order is the sounder route, for example on particularly sensitive sites, we manage possession proceedings under CPR Part 55 and enforce the resulting order.
Lawful, proportionate, documented
Encampment removal is scrutinised, and rightly so. Our agents conduct welfare checks, treat occupants with courtesy, use no more force than the law permits, and record every attendance. You receive a full written and photographic report, which protects your position if conduct is ever questioned.