Caravan and Tent Site Licensing

Caravan Site Licensing

A caravan includes holiday caravans, residential caravans, touring caravans and dormobiles.

The Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 prohibits the use of land as a caravan site unless the occupier holds a site licence issued by the local authority. There are a number of exemptions to this licensing requirement, such as:

• Incidental use within the boundary of a dwelling house 
• Sites approved by certain organisations i.e. caravan club etc. 
• Building and engineering sites 
• Traveling Showman sites 
• Sites occupied by the local authority