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Latest UK Motorhome Stopover NewsFor listings see our UK Stopovers page See below for a resume of the legislation regarding Stopovers Peak District stopovers decision reversed We find this very disappointing and had hoped for a more enlightened attitude, such as that prevailing in Powys where motorhomes are welcomed for one night in seven in many car parks. If anyone feels inclined to comment, there is a 'Customer Feedback - Non-Resident' form available from this page on the Staffordshire Moorlands website Our advice would be to suggest that you visit the lovely towns and countryside in Powys and give the Peak District a miss! Teignbridge District Council suspend overnight parking for motorhomes at Dawlish Warren "The Council had recently agreed to further extend Dawlish Warren Landward car park as a location for overnight parking for motor homes. The use of this area for overnight stays for motor home users has proven to be particularly popular and the council has decided to apply for the necessary formal consent to move to a permanent arrangement. Regrettably, existing legal exemptions available to the council do not permit the continued use of this land for the overnight stays without the necessary consent and therefore there can be no further overnight stays until further notice. Should we be successful in obtaining consent, our website at www.teignbridge.gov.uk will be updated and use can recommence. If you have any enquiries, please contact Parking Services at: 01626 215859 or email parking.services@teignbridge.gov.uk" The problem is that, although a 'site licence' is not required, by virtue of the exemption allowed because the land is in the control of the local authority, this particular exemption does not confer 'permitted development rights', so planning permission is required. New location for the Nightstop Scheme NEW! First official stopover for Dorset! Teignmouth to close one of its stopovers New Stopovers in Cornwall! New stopover in Devon! New stopover in The Lake District! Nightstop Scheme from Practical Motorhome The locations are inspected and approved by the Club and given Exemption Certificates, thus complying with current legislation. There is information on the scheme in the Practical Motorhome website, or for more details contact nightstop@practicalmotorhome.com We include all the sites in our listings.
Aire Driveways
Motorhomestopover club
When asked how the scheme would meet the requirements of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act, they told us: "With regards to the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act, we are not providing camping; we are providing parking with the consent of the owner."
First Irish Aire de Service (Feb 08)
For more about aires, and details on the setting up of one at Broughshane in Northern Ireland, see our article. Here at UKMotorhomes.net we are right behind all campaigns to promote the introduction of motorhome stopovers in the UK and hope to be able to work with anyone to further the cause. If you have any information about local initiatives to set up motorhome stopovers - let us know using our contact form Legislation regarding Stopovers In law, at least as regards the places where they may be stationed for the purposes of human habitation, motorhomes are included within the definition of a 'caravan' . The Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act (1960), states that a caravan is defined as: " ... any structure designed or adapted for human habitation which is capable of being moved from one place to another (whether by being towed, or by being transported on a motor vehicle or trailer) and any motor vehicle so designed or adapted ..." The Act introduced the licencing of caravan sites, and defines a 'caravan site' as " ... land on which a caravan is stationed for the purposes of human habitation and land which is used in conjunction with land on which a caravan is so stationed." Certain exemptions are allowed from the licencing requirements of the Act, these include:
" ... the use of land as a caravan site if the use is incidental to the
enjoyment as such of a dwellinghouse within the curtilage of which the land
is situated."
" ... the use of land as a caravan site by a person travelling with a caravan
who brings the caravan on to the land for a period which includes not more than
two nights
" ... land as respects which there is in force a certificate issued under
this paragraph by an exempted organisation if not more than five caravans are
at the time stationed for the purposes of human habitation on the land to which
the certificate relates.
" ... land occupied by the local authority in whose area the land is situated."
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