Unauthorised land development occurred across several rural areas in southeast England during the May bank holiday weekend. Travellers used heavy machinery to move caravans into villages in Kent and Essex, causing frustration among local residents. In Hoath, Canterbury, industrial diggers worked through most of the holiday to lay rubble on land where a previous planning application for three caravans had been rejected. Conservative MP James Cleverly condemned the actions after a four-acre wildlife haven in his Essex constituency was flattened, accusing the group of 'gaming the system'.
