Travellers

Nomadic life is not illegal, and Travellers have a basic right to this way of life. The council recognises that this has to be balanced with the rights of the general public to enjoy private and public land.

Service update - Friday 21July  2017

Land Adjacent to Devil's Dyke Road, West Sussex.

The van dwellers evicted from land at Racehill Allotments has moved onto land adjacent to Devil's Dyke Road. Though this is across the border into West Sussex it is freehold land owned by Brighton and Hove City Council. The council is applying to the County Court to apply for Possession of the land in order to evict the  group from this land.

 Travellers and our city

• Horsdean Traveller site Our new permanent Traveller site.
• Traveller strategy How we balance the needs of Traveller communities with those of the city’s settled communities.

Processes and policies

• Learn more about the processes we have to follow when an encampment is set up (PDF 55KB).
• Find out about Sussex Police's Gypsy and Traveller policies and how the police liaise with Gypsy and Traveller communities.