Illegal encampments: preventing and reacting to trespassers
This Business Guide provides an overview on:
- Preventive measures to stop trespassers from accessing your land; and
- Reacting to trespass situations.
We have other Business Guides setting out the various options available to you in evicting trespassers, being:
- Illegal encampments: police and local authority powers (BG008) available at https://www.nfuonline.com/member-resources/illegal-encampments-police-and-local-authority-powers/; and
- Illegal encampments: applying for a possession order (BG009) available at https://www.nfuonline.com/member-resources/illegal-encampments-applying-for-a-possession-order/.
As this guide is an overview, you should consider whether it is necessary to take further advice about your situation. NFU members can obtain initial legal and professional advice from NFU CallFirst on 0370 845 8458.
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