Reading Borough Council was granted an eviction order on Friday to move a group of Travellers on from an illegal encampment in a car park.

The eviction of 13 caravans from Hills Meadow, Caversham, is due to take place ‘imminently’, the council said on Wednesday.

The group were issued with a notice to leave the site on January 16.

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The latest annual report produced by Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT) stated the vast majority of people living on unauthorised encampments have “no other place to go.”

Research undertaken by the group in 2021 showed there were only 13 permanent sites and five transit sites with any available pitches in England, but 1696 households were on a waiting list.

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Last month, Reading Borough Council submitted a plan for a Traveller site next to the Reading Sewage and Treatment Works in Island Road.

People staying at one of the site’s seven pitches would have access to a toilet, sink and a shower contained in four modular buildings.

A joint venture between Reading Borough Council and Hampshire County Council, the plan includes an outdoor seating area and play area for children.