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DHCJ Brimelow KC :
INTRODUCTION
1. This is an application by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council and Hampshire County Council (the Claimants) for the renewal of an injunction (the Injunction) against the 116 th Persons Unknown. The Injunction is due to expire at 00:00 hrs on 4 April 2025 and the Claimants seek a continuation for a further 12 months. 2. There is no longer an Order against any Named Defendant in these proceedings, it having expired on 3 April 2024 and the Claimants not having sought renewal of the same. 3. The Injunction, referred to as a Traveller Injunction (and now as a new Traveller Injunction against newcomer Persons Unknown) prohibits unauthorised encampments and the depositing of waste. The Injunction covers just over 10% of the land comprised in the borough of Basingstoke and Deane, an area of 26 miles square (the Injunction Area). 4. The original injunction was made on 4 April 2019 by HHJ Dight CBE, sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court. It was an injunction which was then characterised as a final injunction and was granted against 85 named Defendants and Persons Unknown for a period of five years. That injunction prohibited the forming of unauthorised encampments and the depositing of controlled waste and applied to the same area of just over 10% of the Borough. 5. The injunction was then sought in response to the Borough, and the Injunction Area specifically, experiencing a high volume of unauthorised encampments and resulting harm. According to the evidence of Chris Williams (Mr. Williams), Environmental Health Team Leader (Housing Standards) in the period between April 2016 and 14 June 2018 (up until the granting of the
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