QB-2019-002737 - [2025] EWHC 2603 (KB)

Neutral Citation Number: [2025] EWHC 2603 (KB)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

KING’S BENCH DIVISION

Case No: QB-2019-002737

Royal Courts of JusticeStrand, London, WC2A 2LL

Date: 13 October 2025

Before:

Mr Jonathan Glasson KC sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court

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Between:

LONDON BOROUGH OF HAVERING	Claimant
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(1) WILLIAM STOKES (2)-(105) OTHER NAMED DEFENDANTS (106) PERSONS UNKNOWN FORMING UNAUTHORISED ENCAMPMENTS WITHIN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HAVERING arty	Defendants

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Ms Natalie Pratt (instructed by LB Havering Legal Services) for the Claimant

Hearing date: Monday 6 October 2025

(Judgment sent in draft: Thursday 9 October 2025)

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Approved Judgment

This judgment was handed down remotely at 2 p.m. on 13 October 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and by release to the National Archives.

MR JONATHAN GLASSON KC SITTING AS A DEPUTY JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT:

The Claimant is the council and local planning authority for the borough of Havering (“the Borough”) which covers some 44 square miles in the north-east of Greater London. The Claimant has applied, pursuant to paragraph 12 of the Order of Eyre J dated 3 October 2024 (“the Injunction”), for the renewal of that order for a further period of 12 months as against Persons Unknown.

At the hearing of the application, the Claimant was represented by Ms Natalie Pratt of counsel. None of the Defendants were represented although the London Gypsy and Travellers Group submitted a letter in advance of the hearing (see further below at [13]-[16]).

For the purposes of the hearing, I was provided with an extensive bundle of evidence as well as a bundle of authorities. Ms Pratt submitted a detailed set of written submissions in advance of the hearing and also made oral submissions at the hearing. I am grateful to her for her considerable assistance.

The judgment is divided into the following sections:

The background

The letter from London Gypsies and Travellers (“LGT”)

The application for relief from sanctions in respect of Sensitive Site 300

The evidence for this renewal hearing

The legal framework