Updates on reported encampments | BETA - South Gloucestershire Council

Following the process on our unauthorised encampments page, we will visit and assess an unauthorised encampment on council owned land within 48 hours and then daily where possible.

Initial notification of a newly arrived encampment will be given to the local MP, local members, the clerk to the local town or parish council, the council’s corporate contact centre, press officer and the police. Information about the status of the encampment will then be updated daily on this page.

Reported unauthorised encampments

Longs Drive Play Area, Yate

11 April 2025: the encampment has now vacated. A rubbish clearance and sanitation of the site will now be carried out.

9 April 2025: we visited the site to serve court summonses.

8 April 2025: we visited the site again today and notices to leave have been served.

7 April 2025: an unauthorised encampment of caravans/motorhomes and associated vehicles has been reported. We visited the site today and started our removal procedures.

Chipping Sodbury Common, Chipping Sodbury

2 April 2025: an unauthorised encampment has been reported. We will visit within 24 hours and begin procedures for removal.