Housing and eviction - any experts out there?

Birker2020

Birker2020

Well-Known Member
Joined
29 October 2008
Messages
23,595
Visit site
Basically a mutual friend of my partners and I rang us last night really upset as he has had some shocking news from the Council regarding the mobile home he is living in which is supplied with his job. John is employed as a Kennel man by a hunt down South, and his employer wishes him to live on site and has therefore supplied him with a small two bedroom mobile home. However on ringing the Council about another matter they gave him the news that his employer had not applied for planning permission for the mobile home to be sited on the land which is green belt. He was further told that he would evicted from his home although they could not give him a timescale. He spoke to his employer about the situation and they just told him it was being taken care of.

My question is: can the Council evict him from a property if he is not served paperwork for this? Is it enough that his employer is served with notice of eviction? Sureley he has to be served with it in his hand? How much notice to quit are they allowed to give and would he be able to appeal such a decision?
 
I don't think its a question of being served with papers its a question of the appropriate authority being given to site the mobile.

I have one on my land and its been there for 4 years now. I have a letter from the planning office formally authorising the mobile.

I think that if its a given that he needs to be there through work its up to his employer to apply sufficient argument for its retention, even for a temporary licence would give them some breathing space.

For a council to evict they need to go down the enforcement route which could take ages and if they deem its not financially viable they may not bother. It would help if the mobile is sighted out of view and not intrusive in the countryside.
 
[quoteFor a council to evict they need to go down the enforcement route which could take ages and if they deem its not financially viable they may not bother. It would help if the mobile is sighted out of view and not intrusive in the countryside.

[/ QUOTE ]

They will bother as if left for more than 4 years you can then apply for a certificate of lawful use which means it is then permanent. This also then leads the way to replacing it with a house. Not what the council will allow to happen. Your friends best bet is to apply for temporary permmision and him needing to live on site is rarely enough to allow this to be granted, especially in Green Belt.

The enforcement can take in excess of a year to complete but they will be expected to apply for planning..it all gets rather costly - It has happened to us!!
 
Thank you folks for your advice. I will pass on this information to him and hopefully it will help settle what is certainly a very unfortunate future for him. It must be horrid having to put your entire plans for the future on hold, not knowing where you will be from one day to the next is cruel. x
 
Try and tell him not to panic. It is a situation that needs resolving for sure but it will take time, time enough for him to decide his next move / course of action. His employer needs to resolved things with the council.

All councils are different tbh, mine seem to consider cost v benefit of action maybe more than some but ultimately if he has a family and the council out him on the street they will have to rehouse him and they won't wont that.

Good luck. xx
 
Yes, they can.

He can appeal, but is highly unlikely to win, will take time and money.
 
[ QUOTE ]
Soapbox???

[/ QUOTE ]

I began to think it was just me
confused.gif
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top