John & Joan
Free Member
CASES WHERE A SITE LICENCE IS NOT REQUIREDApart from all that, I thought that a caravan or Motorhome could be parked on a private drive overnight, i.e friends or family visiting but that they had to use the washing and toilet facilities of the dwelling house. If that's the case, who the hell is going to allow strangers to park on their drive allowing grey waste to run all over the patio and then knocking at the door at all hours to use your toilet for £5 a night????
Use within curtilage of a dwelling-house
1. A site licence shall not be required for the use of land as a caravan site if the use is incidental to the enjoyment as such of a dwelling-house within the curtilage of which the land is situated.
There is no other requirement in the legislation other than the use is "incidental to the enjoyment as such of a dwelling-house" . This is interpreted as use of some facility of the dwelling, not any specific items as quoted. Someone coming onto the drive and living as an independent unit is not permitted, without PP and a Caravan Site Licence. Family/Friends using the house and the van are permitted.
Parking on the road outside a property is not within the curtilage.