Tent city on one of London's poshest streets torn down after 'months of complaints'

TfL person removed the tents adjacent Park Lane (Image: LDRS)

An encampment connected Park Lane successful cardinal London has been removed aft residents and businesses successful the country complained.

A reported 40 stateless radical were sleeping successful the country that has since been go known arsenic a 'tent city'. The onshore by Hyde Park and Marble Arch Underground presumption is owned by Transport for London (TfL).

TfL cleared the tents connected October 22. A spokesperson said a fig of radical had accepted offers of enactment oregon moved from the site. Earlier this year, images of the tents were shared online.

The Daily Express besides visited the site and spoke to immoderate of the radical who were staying there. Local businesses besides asked wherefore Westminster City Council oregon TfL had not acted to woody with the problem.

A spokesperson said astatine the time: "We person been granted a possession bid for the encampment connected Park Lane pursuing a proceeding astatine the Central London County Court.

Multiple businesses and residents complained (Image: SWNS)

"In parallel, and if required, we are present acceptable to travel the adjacent stages of the ineligible process towards gaining possession of the tract successful consultation with our spouse agencies."

A TfL spokesperson said: "No 1 should beryllium faced with sleeping unsmooth connected London's streets. Park Lane is simply a engaged portion of the roadworthy web that is not a harmless spot for radical to slumber unsmooth and our absorption is connected the information and payment of everyone involved.

"We applied for a possession bid connected August 21 and wanted to let capable clip for outreach enactment to instrumentality spot and to promote unsmooth sleepers to judge offers of enactment disposable to them. While a fig of radical person since accepted offers of enactment oregon person moved from the location, a ample encampment remained – truthful we person taken the determination to instrumentality enactment to summation possession of the site.

"Enforcement has ever been our past edifice and we are moving intimately with our spouse agencies to guarantee the information and payment of everyone involved."

Cllr Paul Swaddle, Leader of the Conservative absorption successful Westminster City Council, said: "Seeing the tents cleared contiguous volition person yet brought immoderate alleviation for section residents, but it should ne'er person taken eight-plus months to clear.

"Westminster Council and TfL request to beryllium much proactive successful the future. Perhaps they tin present crook their attraction to the different structure encampments crossed the city."