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 Consultations end on 19 March 2010.

There are nine privately owned permanent residential sites in the Borough accommodating over 500 park homes.   Each requires a licence from the Council based on Government Model Standards that are issued from time to time.  

The Boroughs’ current licence conditions cover such matters as:

The maintenance of the park in a clean and tidy condition;

• The spacing of units from each other, the site boundary and site roads;
• The gross density of units on the site (in terms of number to the acre);
• The prohibition of combustible storage shed between units;
• The width and maintenance of site roads and hard standings;
• Fire precautions;
• The storage of bottled gas and the safety of electrical installations;
• Water supply and drainage;
• Refuse disposal;

Sites are inspected on an annual basis to ensure:

• Basic health and safety of residents and others on parks is achieved;
• Physical conditions on the parks are maintained and improved;
• Through consultation the views of park operators and residents are considered when licence conditions are being reviewed.

The council also deals with queries from park operators about licence requirements and complaints from residents about site conditions.   Advice is also given to owners and residents about obligations under the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 and Mobile Homes Act 1983 relating to security of tenure, the sale of mobile homes and other matters relating to agreements between the parties.