Caravan And Mobile Home Sites

Site licensing

The Council is responsible for licensing caravan and mobile home sites in its area. A licence can be granted if a site has planning permission.  Sites are licensed under the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960. Conditions are attached to the licence which control standards on the site.

Register of licensed caravan and mobile home sites

The Council keeps a public register of all licensed caravan and mobile home sites in its area which can be viewed on request by contacting Environmental Health on 01784 444213 or eh.residential@spelthorne.gov.uk

Licence fees

Fees apply for new licence applications, varying or transfer of licences and there is an annual fee. Additionally, there is a fee for inclusion on the Council's mobile home sites fit and proper person register. For details of these charges, you can download the 

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Mobile Homes Act 2013

The introduction of the Mobile Homes Act 2013 has amended the legislation so that permanent residential mobile homes sites are now known as 'relevant protected sites'.

This new law gives more rights to people who live in their own home on a protected site. Some of the main changes relate to:

Selling or gifting your home - making it easier to sell your home on the open market, without interference from the owner of the park where you live.

Pitch fees - site owners must follow a special procedure to review these and notify and seek agreement from residents of any proposed changes.

Site rules - restrictions on what can be included in any site rules that are imposed by site owners on use and occupation of the site by residents and their visitors. Site rules are subject to certain procedures and must be deposited with the Council who publish them if the correct procedures have been followed. Please note that they have been written by the site owners and not the Council.

For further information on the rights of mobile home residents, please see the following government publication: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/park-homes-know-your-rights

Site or park rules 

The site rules are in place to ensure acceptable standards are maintained on the site, which will be of general benefit to residents, and to promote and maintain community cohesion. There is no requirement for a mobile home park to have site rules, but if they do, they will be published here. The site rules are enforced by the site management and not Spelthorne Borough Council.

Site rules exist for the following sites in Spelthorne:

Fit and proper person requirement

From 1 October 2021, unless a site is exempt, the site owner is required by law to be a fit and proper person or have a fit and proper site manager in place to operate a residential mobile home site run on a commercial basis.

The Mobile Homes (Requirement for Manager of Site to be Fit and Proper Person) (England) Regulations 2020 require site owners to apply to the local authority for them or their manager to be included on the fit and proper person register. A copy of these regulations can be viewed here www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1034/contents/made

As part of an application, a valid DBS certificate must be supplied for the applicant and/or  any other relevant persons. The Council must be satisfied about the conduct of the person to be included on the register, and that suitable financial and management arrangements are in place for the site.

To make an application, you can download the 

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Fit and proper person register

Download the