THE former partner of serial killer Levi Bellfield and her paralysed mother are set to be evicted from their home after a long-running row with a council.

Johanna Collings, 40, and her two children have been ordered out of their Hammersley Lane home by the land owner – who doesn’t wish to be named – after Wycombe District Council threatened to prosecute him.

The row centres around an enforcement order handed to Mrs Collings’ now seriously-ill mother Shelia in 2007.

She was the land owner when the authority realised the site’s stables – where she is now bed-bound – had been converted into accommodation without planning consent.

Johanna says the property had long been converted into living quarters and the family has the right to live there.

She has slammed the authority for forcing the land owner’s hand and dumping them onto the street.

She claims the family has been “victimised” and says the council does not like her due to her previous connections with Levi Bellfield.

This claim has been strongly denied by WDC.

The council said the landlord was made aware of the enforcement notice before he bought the property and added it had in fact been lenient by refusing to act while the Milly Dowler case was running.

Ms Collings said: “We bought it six years ago to get away from hassles in London.

“It was converted 13 years ago and we gave the council letters signed by the previous owner and witnesses to prove it. But the council won’t listen.

“My mum is not an old dog, you can’t just give her away. The social worker says mum is doing as a well as she is because she’s in a loving environment.

“Everything we’ve been through, I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.

“This is my sanctuary; this place has kept me sane and my mum alive.”

The landowner wants to turn the site into a farm but claims the council ‘keeps putting obstacles in the way’ because “all they want to do is get Jo out”.

He said: “How can I make a woman like Jo’s mum homeless?

"I had to serve her the eviction notice because the council forced my hand but I can’t and won’t physically kick her out on to the street.

“It is disgusting how the council is treating this family. They know she has the right to live here but are choosing to brush it all under the carpet.”

WDC confirmed breaches of planning control can become immune from action after four years if evidence proves the development took place four years prior to enforcement action.

However, development does not gain immunity if an enforcement service has already been served on the land as an order ‘stops the clock’.

The council said the Collings family had the chance to produce the evidence before the Planning Inspectorate in 2008 but failed to do so.

WDC spokesman Nick Sykes added: “The council has not victimised Ms Collings in anyway.

"In fact, the council has been extremely sympathetic of her situation, for example, we delayed taking formal action while the [Milly Dowler] trial was underway and while her mother has been ill.”

Council officers had regularly monitored and reviewed the site since the order was served and decided to act after the land changed hands.

Mr Sykes added: “WDC has provided advice to the occupiers of the buildings as to what options are available to them should they require assistance in finding a new home and the council has kept Social Services informed.”

* In February, Levi Bellfield, 43, lost a bid to challenge his whole-life term conviction for the kidnap and murder of 13-year-old Milly Dowler.

He was already in jail for the murders of Amelie Delagrange and Marsha McDonnell, and the attempted murder of Kate Sheedy.