Any Maldon district drivers planning to attend a Chelmsford 'car meet' this weekend should be aware that it is illegal - and a police dispersal order will be in place to prevent it.

The order has been put in place by Essex Police across much of Chelmsford after they received reports of a planned illegal car meet.

The event is planned for 6pm tomorrow (Saturday, 31 July) at the Chelmer Valley Park and Ride and is advertised as a paid-for event - however, no permission has been given by the local authority for it to take place and it is therefore illegal.

The order, mapped in the picture, will come into force at 3pm tomorrow and covers much of the city, including all key car parks where such a car meet could be set up.

It will run until 6am on Sunday, 1 August.

A dispersal order is not a blanket ban on people being in the area. Instead, it gives officers powers to move anyone believed to be behaving antisocially from the area.

Breaching any direction given under the order is a criminal offence and can lead to arrest.