Gypsies and Travellers

Unauthorised encampments

An unauthorised encampment is where any person camps on land that they do not own. Suffolk County Council has developed a protocol for managing unauthorised encampments.

These are rules to:

address the need for effective management of unauthorised Gypsy and Traveller encampments, whilst ensuring the rights of Gypsies, Travellers and the settled communities are met
ensure the county, district and borough councils are working together with all agencies to meet the needs of Gypsies, Travellers and the settled communities