"No half measures here," commented Dale Farm spokesman Richard Sheridan.. "The council want to stop owners even keeping a few chickens there."
However, it is doubtful whether the injunction in fact renders unlawful the mere movement of earth on what is agricultural land. two other local authorities have in similar circumstances admitted that owners have a right of way for purposes of placing animals on their greenbelt properties.
As part of celebrations marking Roma Nation Day on 8 April 2006 some 30 Traveller's, Roma and supporters dug away part of one of the embankments surrounding a cleared yard at Five Acres Farm. The purpose was draw attention to the illegal blocking of the owners' right of way onto their property.
Constant & Co., assisted by H.E.Services and the Terranoba Group, cleared two yards at Hovefield's on 26 July last year. A further four yards were bulldozed on 21 March. In the course of these operations, serious damage was done to the property of Mrs. Gilheaney, owner of Ash View, a property under protection of a High court injunction.
The Dale Farm judicial review hearing is expected next month. Some forty planning appeals in respect of yards there have been scheduled to start on 1 August.
However, it is doubtful whether the injunction in fact renders unlawful the mere movement of earth on what is agricultural land. two other local authorities have in similar circumstances admitted that owners have a right of way for purposes of placing animals on their greenbelt properties.
As part of celebrations marking Roma Nation Day on 8 April 2006 some 30 Traveller's, Roma and supporters dug away part of one of the embankments surrounding a cleared yard at Five Acres Farm. The purpose was draw attention to the illegal blocking of the owners' right of way onto their property.
Constant & Co., assisted by H.E.Services and the Terranoba Group, cleared two yards at Hovefield's on 26 July last year. A further four yards were bulldozed on 21 March. In the course of these operations, serious damage was done to the property of Mrs. Gilheaney, owner of Ash View, a property under protection of a High court injunction.
The Dale Farm judicial review hearing is expected next month. Some forty planning appeals in respect of yards there have been scheduled to start on 1 August.
