Updates on reported encampments

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

Mike Gallivan Memorial Field, Little Stoke

19 August 2026: an application has been made to the courts for a removal order (Section 78). The court hearing date has been set for 21 August 2026 if the site has not been vacated by that date.

18 August 2026: we are aware of an encampment on Mike Gallivan Memorial Field in Little Stoke. This is on non-council land so is the responsibility of Stoke Gifford Parish Council (SGPC).

SGPC has begun its removal procedures and we are assisting them with this.

Pomphrey Hill Playing Fields (north), Emersons Green

18 August 2026: we have applied to the courts for a removal order (Section 78). The court hearing date has been set for 21 August 2026 if the site has not been vacated by that date.

17 August 2026: we are aware of an encampment at Pomphrey Hill Playing Fields (north) and have started our removal procedures.

Encampments on private land

We are aware of other encampments on non-council land but we do not have the power to act in these cases. It is the landowner’s responsibility to complete the necessary removal procedures.

Find out more about encampments on private land.