Caravans and Camp Sites
Licensing of Caravan/Mobile Home/Park Home Sites
Privately owned caravan/mobile home/park home sites must
normally have a license from the local authority, issued under the
Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960. The license will
have conditions attached, which regulate a variety of aspects of
the site. The Government has issued guidance in respect of those
conditions under the Model Standards for Permanent Residential
Mobile Home Sites 1989 and the Model Standards for Holiday Caravan
Sites1989 which have been adopted by the Council. A copy of the
license must be displayed on the site. A local authority can take
action against a site owner for contraventions of the site license
conditions. A pre-requisite of issuing a site license is that the
site has the necessary planning permission. Where the occupier of a
caravan/mobile home/park home is not the land owner, he/she will
have a separate agreement with the site/land owner under the Mobile
Homes Act 1983. The local authority does not have any remit with
regard to disputes arising in respect of these agreements.
A guidance booklet issued by Government entitled “Mobile
Homes – A guide for residents and site owners” is available
from the Communities and Local Government website.
Site licenses are administered by our Private Sector Housing
team. The relevant officer can be contacted on 01233 330339.
Recent new legislation in the form of the Regulatory Reform
(Fire Safety) Order 2005 has made adjustments to the
responsibilities relating to fire precautions in particular on
these sites, and following a recent consultation by Government in
respect of updating the 1989 Model Standards, new guidance is
awaited.
Private Sector Housing also administers the relevant statutory
provisions in respect of camp-sites.
This webpage was updated on
8/6/2009