Supporters and residents of the Dale Farm illegal traveller site in Britain have said a planning inspector could be allowed to enter today.
Despite the concession, campaigners insist that the heavily barricaded main gate will remain - although one supporter, Candy Sheridan, told BBC Essex it would be removed.
It comes after travellers at Dale Farm near Basildon won an injunction preventing the clearance of 51 unauthorised plots until Friday.
Senior campaigner Grattan Puxon said: “The gate stays, although we will look at building a side gate to allow a council officer access. That could happen today.
“The remaining issue is what is a touring caravan, which they can remove, and what is a static home, which they can’t.
“There is also an ongoing argument over hard standings laid by the council when it was a scrapyard which we say should remain.”
A spokesman for Basildon Council said it would serve enforcement notices for each plot by midday today, setting out the precise action the authority intends to take.
He added that, should the council overturn the injunction, travellers will be liable for all costs incurred by the delay. The estimated cost of the total operation is £18 million.
He said: “The terms of the injunction state that the travellers and supporters should take all reasonable steps to remove the barricades.”
Council leader Tony Ball said he was frustrated by the delay but added that he was confident the ruling would be overturned once the authority presents the facts to the court.
Residents will spend the day looking at ways in which touring caravans can be turned into permanent dwellings in an attempt to thwart planners.
Resident Kathleen McCarthy said: “We met last night and we are more determined than ever to stay.”
The Dale Farm Solidarity campaign said that, following a meeting, the main gate would be opened today to allow caravans to return and children to go to school.