Overview
- Workers laid hardcore and built an unauthorised extension to an existing caravan site in Tilsworth in mid‑June and Central Bedfordshire Council served a Temporary Stop Notice on June 16 and secured a High Court injunction on July 3 to halt further development.
- UK Power Networks says it was alerted on June 19 and has opened an investigation into a possible unauthorised electricity connection at the Dunstable Road site.
- Residents link a wider village power cut on June 24 to the camp but UK Power Networks reports that outage was caused by a fault on the overhead network and is not believed to be connected to the site.
- Reporters have counted about 19 motorhomes on the new extension and about 70 on the adjacent site while locals say the village has roughly 140 homes, and illegal electricity extraction carries criminal penalties and known safety risks such as fire or transformer overload.
- Council enforcement remains in place, police and utility engineers are coordinating site visits, and councillors are also considering a retrospective planning application that could shape the next legal steps.