Reports say an Essex district council closes its offices on Friday, after which an unidentified group moves onto a site in Willows Green, near Felsted. Multiple articles describe a four-acre wildlife area being entered and worked on quickly, with workers arriving shortly after the council staff leave for the bank holiday period. The accounts further claim that a company connected to an alleged “county lines” drug trafficking figure has bought land and is involved in moving caravans onto the property. The reports frame the incident as part of a larger dispute or movement involving travellers around May Day.
While the articles use allegations about criminal connections, they do not provide consistent, independently verified detail on evidence. Common elements across the accounts are the location (Willows Green near Felsted in Essex), the timing (soon after the council closes its doors leading into the bank holiday), the nature of the activity (workers arriving and caravans being brought onto the land), and the property scale (described as four acres and described as a wildlife haven).
