Events will be permanently banned at a site in response to a religious traveller festival that was intended to take place.

Three Rivers District Council secured a last-minute court order to prevent the Light and Life event in Bucks Hill near Sarratt after being inundated with complaints last summer.

Now High Court has granted that the injunction will remain in place permanently, unless varied or discharged, to prevent the unauthorised use of land.

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After learning the festival was due to take place in June, the council sought to prevent it after the previous week-long event caused “significant distress and unacceptable levels of disturbance” to people living nearby.

Watford Observer: Outlined in red is the land in question. Credit: Three Rivers District Council/Google MapsOutlined in red is the land in question. Credit: Three Rivers District Council/Google Maps

Cllr Stephen Giles-Medhurst, the council’s lead member for infrastructure and planning policy, said: “We will not tolerate the sort of intrusion and disturbance experienced by residents of Bucks Hill and the surrounding area last summer.

“Rules and procedures for holding such large scale events are there for a reason, and they must be followed.

“In this example those rules were completely ignored and we have now ensured no such event can happen again on that land.

“I am delighted we have been successful in obtaining the permanent order from the High Court - let this serve as an example to others who may ever consider such blatant disregard for residents of Three Rivers again.”

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The order prohibits bringing any caravans on to the land, mobile homes or any other structures intended for or capable of habitation, the use of the land as a caravan site as well as other restrictions.

In addition to the court order, on May 24 the planning inspectorate dismissed an enforcement appeal connected to the site.

As a result, the landowner has three months to return the land to the condition it was before an access route was widened for the festival last year.

Last year a number of caravans were spotted on the land on July 25 for the Pentecostal Gypsy-led festival despite not having permission to be on there.