An encampment of van dwellers on a city street are to be moved on after complaints from residents about fires, fly-tipping and anti-social behaviour.
People living close to Goodneston Road in Fishponds, Bristol, claim drug-dealing and criminal damage is commonplace and human waste has been left in the road.
Bristol City Council has now deemed the site, which has around 20 vans, to be “seriously impacting the local community and environment” and said it would begin enforcement action from 19 January.
One van dweller said he was “nervous” about the council’s plan, fearing it will cost him his job in the city, and one resident added “moving people on without solutions doesn’t really help”.