"SHELLSHOCKED" holidaymakers have now launched a legal fight against being turfed out of a riverside caravan park in Worcester.
The Save the Ketch campaign is already said to be gathering momentum with a residents-only WhatsApp page to discuss the next stage of collective action. But a solicitor has already now been appointed, inside sources have revealed.
A pensioner who owns a caravan at the park said an emergency meeting on Saturday has already led to the appointment of a solicitor.
The 78-year-old said between 30 and 40 people attended the meeting after a letter by Tremlo Limited giving people their marching orders caused an uproar among holidaymakers, some of whom have been coming to the Ketch for many years.
The packed private meeting happened at the Toby Carvery at 11am as regular holidaymakers from the 60 plus caravans based at the riverside site met to discuss the implications of the letters sent out by Tremlo Limited.
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Describing the mood, he said: "Everybody was a bit shellshocked."
He said residents had also asked whether an extension might be granted to allow them more time to remove their caravans from the site.
"Most people are looking for an extension," he said after residents were given until the end of October to leave the caravan park. "There was a real spirit at the meeting to fight this. There was widespread support for a solicitor to be involved - it was unanimous," he said.
Caravan owners have between them contributed money to pay for the solicitor.
The original letter, sent to caravan owners, reads: "You will need to leave the Park by that date and to make arrangements to remove the holiday home and any other personal possessions from the Park by no later than November 30, 2023 (being one month from the date of termination).
"The Agreement will of course remain in force until October 31, 2023, and you will be entitled to continue to occupy the holiday home until that date."
The caravan park managers have so far declined to comment directly on the situation.
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