article_snippet: such a ban protects 454 'parcels' of land across the town - including parks, playgrounds and schools - and is believed to be 'unprecedented' in its scale.
article_snippet: Ban: the interim injunction protects 454 'parcels' of land across the town - including parks, playgrounds and schools - and is believed to be 'unprecedented' in its scale.
article_snippet: In total, the areas covered by such a ban account for a third of the land in Harlow, according to a spokesman for Harlow Council.
article_snippet: such a ban applies to 35 named travellers, all of whom have now left the town, and will also protect land from encampments by 'persons unknown'.
article_snippet: Two legal traveller sites in the town, with a total of 44 plots, which will be unaffected by the ruling.
article_snippet: Harlow Council said although injunctions had been granted in other areas of the country, Harlow Council believed no ban covering an entire town had ever been applied for and granted. '
article_snippet: Unprecedented':Harlow Council said although injunctions had been granted in other areas of the country, Harlow Council believed no ban on this scale had ever been applied for and granted.
article_snippet: last year, Harlow Council successfully applied for an injunction protecting six 'environmentally sensitive' areas of land in the city.
article_snippet: And Harlow Council was reported in September that Coventry City Council was seeking a 'blanket' injunction covering the city.
highlights_snippet: Believed to be first time such a ban has been applied to an entire town .