Planning Permission for Mobile Homes & Static Caravans: The Ultimate Guide

It should be noted thus: Many Park Home sites have a longstanding (self) imposed lower age limit, which is lodged as part of their licence, with the Council, in which ‘the site’ is located. As an example Pathfinder Village, (the only Park Home Site in England to occupy the entire village, as named on the Ordnance Survey map), restricts ownership and permanent occupation to those persons of 55 years or more, (regardless of familial ties etc). Recent enquiries by the correspondent reveal that the Village owners, (Avondale), REFUSED ownership of a home on the site if the prospective owner required a live in carer, if that carer had not reached the age of 55! A representative of Avondale stated that they “would be in breach of their Council Licence” if they allowed such a live in carer, (even if they were of the same sex, in their own room, & the prospective Home owner were ‘palliative’. Interestingly Teignbridge District Council (Planning Dept.), declined to put anything in writing, to the correspondent, simply stating that “the site owner was responsible for complying with their licence” and that they, (TDC), “did not hold a view on the matter”. The Disability Discrimination Act, (Equality Act 2010), was cited to both parties. After around a month an email was received from the site owners, confirming their rigidity. Heigh-ho! “There’s none so deaf as those who will not hear.”