R(Trower) v Elmbridge Borough Council [2025] EWHC 314 (Admin)

On 19 February 2024, the Council made a public spaces protection order (PSPO) under section 59 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Police Act 2014 to restrict the ability of boat users to moor boats within certain defined areas of the banks of the River Thames that passed through the borough. Contravening a PSPO is a criminal offence.

Medway Council v Heron & ors, Canterbury County Court, KO1ME613

13 May 2025

In 2023, the Gypsy Defendants moved on to land owned by Medway Council ( the Council) which had previously been a park and ride car park which had been closed down at the time of the pandemic and not re-opened or re-used since then. In July 2023 the Council entered into a three month licence agreement with the Defendants. At the end of the agreement, the Council served a notice to quit. The Ds sought to defend the possession action. The Ds made an application for planning permission. This was refused. An appeal against that refusal is ongoing.