Council to receive damages after landgrab in Hurst
A landowner who fenced off the end of Davis Way in Hurst to use as their own, has been ordered by the High Court to pay damages and legal costs of at least £19,000 to Wokingham Borough Council and has been warned if they obstruct or damage Davis Way again they could be sent to prison.
“This was an unlawful obstruction and interference with the highway, which destroyed the highway surface and enclosed a section of it by erecting a fence and a gate. It was a very serious matter and not one that the council will tolerate,” said the council’s head of legal services Susanne Nelson-Wehremeyer.
The council had already repaired most of the damage done by the Hurstlandowner following an earlier order from the High Court allowing them to do so. The latest order, to which the landowner has seven days to object to, allows the council to complete the repair work after which the final award of damages can be assessed.
We are unable to name the landowner owing to an ongoing criminal prosecution.
“This was an unlawful obstruction and interference with the highway, which destroyed the highway surface and enclosed a section of it by erecting a fence and a gate. It was a very serious matter and not one that the council will tolerate,” said the council’s head of legal services Susanne Nelson-Wehremeyer.
The council had already repaired most of the damage done by the Hurstlandowner following an earlier order from the High Court allowing them to do so. The latest order, to which the landowner has seven days to object to, allows the council to complete the repair work after which the final award of damages can be assessed.
We are unable to name the landowner owing to an ongoing criminal prosecution.
Wokingham Borough Council ~ Hurst
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