Licensing and enforcement
To run a caravan site you need a licence from us.
Conditions may be attached to a licence to cover safety and amenities on site. Our conditions will be based on the standard licence conditions issued by the Government. We may alter conditions at any time but must give licence holders the opportunity to make representations about the proposed changes. If a licence holder disagrees with the alterations they may appeal to the local Magistrates’ court.
The applicant must be entitled to use the land as a caravan site. This may mean getting planning permission. Licences will not be issued to applicants who have had a site licence revoked in the last three years or do not have the correct planning consent.
Exemptions
Your land may be exempt from licensing if it is solely for the following use:
- The caravan is sited within the boundary of a house and is used solely by the owner (and family) of that house
- Single caravan used by a person for not more than two consecutive nights and for no more than 28 days in any 12 months
- Holdings of five acres or more, if not more than 28 days in 12 months, and a maximum of three caravans at any time
- Sites occupied and supervised by exempted organisations
- Sites approved by exempted organisations for up to five caravans
- Meetings organised by exempted organisations (rally)
- Sites for agricultural and forestry workers during a limited season and the caravans are removed at the end of the season
- Temporary sites for building and engineering worker
- Sites exclusively used by travelling showmen
If you unsure whether you require a licence please contact us for more information.
Enforcement
We can serve compliance notices on site owners where site licence conditions are breached. These notices will set out what the site owner needs to do to correct the breaches and the timescales for completion of remedial works. A fee will be charged if we have to issue a notice. Failure to comply with the notice is a criminal offence.