New leaseholder takes action to evict Dundee Travellers

Legal action is under way to force a group of Travellers to move from their latest unauthorised Dundee camp.

Caravans moved on to the site at Riverside Business Park two weeks ago after previously occupying sites at Claverhouse Industrial Estate and Jack Martin Way.

Leaseholder Brakes revealed that it has begun proceedings to move the Travellers from its land.

The company, which only took over the lease from property management firm DTZ last week, is hoping to evict the group from the former Scottish Water site.

A spokesman said: “I can confirm it is Brakes’ intention to pursue legal action in the same way that the previous landlords did.”

West End councillor Fraser Macpherson said: “They have obviously only just taken over the lease and I was anxious to see they took action.

“It is not to say that the Travelling community aren’t welcome in Dundee. The point is we provide a properly serviced site at Balmuir Wood.

“With the site Travellers are occupying at present there is clearly a concern from a safety point of view. There is a clear build-up of rubbish and we don’t want that blowing across the airport runway.”