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Caravan site licensing

We are responsible for ensuring all caravan sites are licensed with North Somerset.

Under the law, licences are required if any land is to be used as a caravan site including touring, holiday and residential sites.

This is on top of the planning permission needed when setting up a caravan site.

They grant permission for a piece of land to be used as a caravan site with conditions covering the minimum amenity and fire protection standards laid out under the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act.

Caravan site licences do not have an expiry date but a new one will be needed if land ownership changes.

Under this legislation it is an offence not to have a licence or to be in breach of any of its conditions.

However, we do not have any powers to resolve disputes in connection with conditions laid out in any written agreements between site owners and a site's residents.

For further information on your rights as a resident of a caravan or park home please visit the Communities and Local Government (CLG) website.

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