Rough sleepers removed from a Park Lane encampment are believed to have relocated to spots along Oxford Street, including outside John Lewis and near Marks & Spencer. Westminster City Council rough sleeping teams are engaging with people across the city and offering routes to hostel accommodation plus help for addiction and mental health issues. The Park Lane site mirrored a similar encampment near Marble Arch that was also cleared after TfL obtained a possession order. TfL incurred nearly £37,000 in court fees and bailiff and legal costs over two years to remove people from Park Lane. Local businesses reported concerns about the encampments, and TfL arranged security patrols to discourage returns.
we can offer routes to hostel accommodation and help with addiction and mental health issues
The problem is we try to push them away and they won't budge out. All I want to do is get rid of them because of the customers. And it's not good for the area.
have been made aware that returning to the site is not an option and that they will be removed. As there is no safe option for people to sleep rough at this site, we have also arranged for security staff to patrol the area to discourage people
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