Council responds after travellers set up camp on playing fields
Police have issued a Section 61 notice to those encamped at the fields.
Rotherham Council has responded after travellers set up camp on playing fields.
More than two dozen caravans, bikes, cars and motorbikes have been spotted at Herringthorpe Playing Fields.
South Yorkshire Police confirmed that officers visited the camp on August 4.
Officers issued a Section 61 notice for those who had encamped on the land to disperse.
This notice allows police officers to direct unauthorised traveller encampments or trespassers to leave an area of land and remove their vehicles.
The group is expected to leave the site today, August 5.
Sam Barstow, service director of community safety and street scene at Rotherham Council, said: “The council are aware of caravans illegally encamped at Herringthorpe playing fields.
“Working in partnership with South Yorkshire Police, the group have been served with a notice to vacate the site.”