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interim injunction), the Borough experienced 158 encampments, 141 of which were formed within the Injunction Area.
6. These proceedings were then described by the Claimants as having been caught within the Barking & Dagenham litigation from October 2020 onwards, and so the Claimants became successful respondents in the appeal to the Supreme Court in Wolverhampton City Council and others v The London Gypsies and Travellers and others [2023] UKSC 47; [2024] 2WLR 45 ( Wolverhampton). 7. The original injunction was due to expire on 3 April 2024 and the Claimants sought to continue injunctive relief against Persons Unknown for a further period of one year. That continuation was granted by Freedman J for a further one-year period from its original date of expiration: Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council and Hampshire County Council v Loveridge and others [ 2024] EWHC 1828 (KB). 8. Freedman J considered and applied the case of Wolverhampton. On the evidence, between April 2019 to January 2024, there had been 35 unauthorised encampments in the Borough, 18 of which were within the injunction area. 9. The current position is that in the period February to December 2024, there have been a total of 17 unauthorised encampments within the Borough, only one of which was formed in the Injunction Area (Chris Williams para 29). That encampment remained for less than a day.
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10.The Claimants sought the injunctive relief in the discharge of their public functions pursuant to s187B of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and s222 of the Local Government Act 1972 to restrain breaches of planning control, and to promote or protect the interests of the inhabitants of their administrative areas (including to restrain acts of trespass). The First Claimant is the local planning authority for Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council (the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane) such that it has the administrative function
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