Multiple reports say unauthorised traveller pitches were created over a bank holiday weekend in parts of Essex and Kent. According to the accounts, groups arrived while local council offices were closed, then built temporary pitches on countryside land that they did not have planning permission to use. The reporting describes the sites as patches of countryside and suggests that the areas could be affected by further development or changes to land use once the caravans move on, although specific follow-up actions were not detailed in the provided excerpts. The reports also frame the incidents as “land grabs,” asserting that the activity occurs without authorisation and could lead to financial gains for those involved. No information is included in the provided text on the number of pitches, the scale of the land involved, whether any enforcement action is taken, or what responses councils have issued. The details shared are limited to the timing of the alleged pitches and the locations mentioned—Essex and Kent—during the bank holiday period.