Park Home Sites

The Mobile Homes Act 2013 allows the Council to monitor mobile home site licences. Find out more here.

The Mobile Homes Act 2013 gives the council greater powers to monitor mobile home site licences. These changes don't affect holiday caravan site licences.

On 26 March 2013 the Government passed the Mobile Homes Act 2013 (MHA 2013) which gives greater protection to occupiers of residential caravans and mobile homes. You can find out more about the MHA 2013 on Gov.uk - Park Homes.

Breach of Site Licence Conditions

  • The council can serve compliance Notices on site owners where site licence conditions are being breached.
  • These notices will set out what the site owner needs to do to correct the breaches, and the timescale for doing so.
  • A fee of £40.00 per hour will be charged to serve the Notice.
  • Failure to comply with the Notice is a criminal offence.

For more information, please contact the Licensing Team by emailing licensing@swdevon.gov.uk.


Fit and Proper Person

From 1 July 2021, site owners operating a relevant Park Home (protected site), holding a site licence, must apply for the relevant person to be included on the register of fit and proper persons. The relevant person could be the site owner or an appointed manager. All site owners will be sent an application pack inviting them to make an application to be included on the register and must apply between 1 July and 30 September 2021.  There is a fee of £120. 

The following will be considered:

  • whether the applicant is competent to manage the site;
  • whether the management structure and funding arrangements are suitable;
  • whether the applicant has:
    • offences relating to fraud, dishonesty, violence, firearms, drugs or any offence listed in Schedule 3 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003
    • contravened any provision of the law relation to housing, caravan sites, mobile homes, public health, planning or environmental health or of landlord and tenant law
    • contravened any provision of the Equality Act 2010 in, or in connection with, the carrying on of any business
    • not harassed any person in, or in connection with, the carrying on of any business
    • not been personally insolvent within the past 10 years
    • not been disqualified from acting as a company director within the past 10 years
    • the right to work in the United Kingdom; and
    • a membership of any redress scheme enabling complaints to be dealt with in connection with the management of the site (when this is in place)

Where fit and proper status is granted, the applicant will be included on the register for five years. In some circumstances applications will be granted subject to conditions, which will be determined on the merit of the application.

Contact details will be provided in the application pack should you need to contact one of our officers regarding the process. If you have a more general enquiry please email ehhousingdfg@swdevon.gov.uk.


Register of Site Rules

Existing site rules will eventually be replaced with new site rules to be deposited with the council. Site rules that have already been deposited with us can be viewed below.

There is a fee for the deposit of site rules with the council, which is currently £77.00.

Disclaimer

The Mobile Homes (Site Rules) (England) Regulations 2014 set out the procedures that must be followed in order to make valid Site Rules.  Under Regulation 16, the Council has a duty to publish the up-to-date register online.  By publishing this register the Council accepts no responsibility for the validity of the Site Rules on this register. 

Park Homes Sites

Glebe Park, Bridestowe

The following rules are for the good management of the park and the benefit of all who use it.

  1. Park Homes must be kept in sound and clean condition, no alterations or additions to the park home, building works or erect any porches, sheds, garages, outbuilding, fences or other structures on the pitch is permitted without permission from the park owner.
     
  2. Private gardens must be kept neat and tidy. Garden refuses must be placed in the area provided and not stored underneath the park home or behind sheds.
     
  3. The planting of trees and shrubs is subject to the management’s approval of types and position.
     
  4. Trees, hedges and shrubs must not be lopped, topped, felled or removed without the management’s approval.
     
  5. Sheds or storage areas of an approved type will be permitted.
     
  6. Refuse and recyclable waste to be placed in the bins in the area opposite reception.
     
  7. All vehicles must be driven carefully on the park not exceeding 10mph
     
  8. Vehicles must park in the authorised parking areas. Parking is not permitted on roads or grass verges, and owners bring vehicles onto the park at their own risk.
     
  9. Visitors' cars must park in the visitor car park by the entrance.
     
  10. The gate by the entrance is locked between 10.30 p.m. and 7.30 a.m. Anyone arriving between these hours please leave your car in the car park by the entrance. In the summer the gate may be locked at 11 p.m.
     
  11. Everyone using the park is required to comply with the regulations of the site licence, which may be viewed in Reception.
     
  12. No business or other commercial activity shall be conducted from the park or from any caravan situated on the park apart from the use authorised by the site licence.
     
  13. No dogs. Other pets permitted at the management’s discretion.
     
  14. Nothing in rule 13 of these park rules prevents you from keeping an assistance dog if this is required to support your disability and Assistance Dogs UK or any successor body has issued with an Identification Book or other appropriate evidence.
     
  15. Musical instruments, record players, radios, other appliances and motor vehicles must not be used to cause nuisance to others, especially between the hours of 10.30 p.m. and 7.30 a.m.
     
  16. Ball games and playing around the caravans is not permitted, there is plenty of room in the allocated area.
     
  17. Gas or charcoal barbeques only may be used, please take every precaution for safety, open fires are not permitted.
     
  18. Only a rain water container of an approved type will be permitted.
     
  19. The Park Home must be insured against loss or damage by theft, fire, storm and liability to any third party and such other risks

Harford Bridge Park, Tavistock

Introduction

In these rules:

  • “Occupier” means anyone who occupies a park home, whether under an Agreement to which the Mobile Homes Act 1983 applies or under a tenancy or any other agreement.
  • “You” and “your” refers to the homeowner or other occupier of a park home.
  • “We” or “us” refers to the park owner; Harford Bridge Park Ltd.
  • “Effective date” refers to the date on which these park rules will come into effect.

Purpose

These rules are in place to ensure acceptable standards are maintained at Harford Bridge Park, which will be of general benefit to occupiers, and to promote and maintain community cohesion. They form part of the Agreement by which homeowners occupy a pitch at Harford Bridge in accordance with the Mobile Homes Act 1983, as amended.


Exceptions

With the single exception of rule 26, which relates to the exterior colour of a park home, all rules apply to any occupiers of rented park homes. Rule 26 does not apply to those who rent their home as responsibility for the exterior maintenance remains with us.


Applicability

None of these rules is to have any retrospective effect. Accordingly;

  • This document, entitled “Harford Bridge Park Rules – January 2015” is to apply only from the date on which it took effect. The effective date of the rules is to be confirmed following consultation;

And

  • No occupier in occupation on the effective date will be treated as being in breach due to circumstances which were in existence before the effective date and which would not have been a breach of the rules in existence before that date. The application of these rules has effect on the park owner and employees of Harford Bridge Park Ltd living on the park in a park home except for Rule 13 (age restriction), Rules 15 and 16 (pets) and Rule 21 (motor vehicles).

Condition of the Pitch

1. For reasons of ventilation and safety you must keep the void space underneath your home clear and not use it as a storage space.

2. You may only enclose your pitch using native shrubs or trees to form hedges or by using wire stock fencing with a minimum distance between each horizontal wire of 15 cm and 15 cm between each vertical wire (15 x 15 cm openings) to allow corridors for small mammals (e.g. hedgehogs, stoats).

You must obtain our approval (which will not be unreasonably withheld) before forming hedges or setting up fences.

You must position fences and hedges to comply with the park’s site licence conditions and all fire safety requirements.

3. You must not have external fires, including incinerators. You may use purpose-made barbeque equipment.

4. You must not keep inflammable substances on the park except in quantities reasonable for domestic use.

5. You must not keep explosive substances on the park.


Storage

6. You must not have more than one storage shed on the pitch. Where you source the shed yourself the design, standard and size of the shed must be approved by us in writing (approval will not be withheld unreasonably). You must position the shed to comply with all the requirements of the site licence and fire safety requirements. The footprint of the shed shall not exceed 8 square meters (86.11 square feet).

7. You must not have any storage shed or receptacle for the storage of waste pending collection by the local authority.

8. You must ensure that any structure erected in the separation space between park homes is of non-combustible construction and positioned to comply with the requirement of the site licence and fire safety requirements. The separation space is the space between your park and any neighbouring home.


Refuse

9. You are responsible for the disposal of all household, recyclable and garden waste in approved containers through the park’s waste disposal facilities. You must not overfill park waste containers. Disposal of Waste Electrical Equipment (WEE) is to be undertaken at Crowndale Recycling Facility, Tavistock or you must make arrangements for a local authority collection.

10. You must not deposit any waste or unroadworthy vehicles on any part of the park (including any individual pitch)


Business Activities

11. You must not use the park home, the pitch or the park (or any part of the park) for any business purposes, and you must not use the park home or the pitch for the storage of stock, plant, machinery or equipment used or last used for any business purpose.

12. You are at liberty to work individually from home by carrying out any office work of a type which does not create a nuisance to other occupiers and does not involve other staff, other workers, customers or members of the public calling at the park home or the park.


Age of Occupiers

13. No person under the age of 55 years may reside in a park home.


Noise Nuisance

14. You must not use musical instruments, all forms of recorded music players, radios and other similar appliances and motor vehicles to cause a nuisance to other occupiers, especially between the hours of 10.30 p.m. and 8.00 a.m.


Pets

15. You must not keep any pets or animals except the following:

a. Not more than two dogs (other than any of the breeds subject to the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991). You must keep any dog under proper control and you must not permit it to frighten other users of the park. You must keep any dog on a leash not exceeding 1m in length and must not allow it to despoil the park.

b. Not more than one domestic cat. You must keep any cat under proper control and must not permit to frighten other users of the park, or to despoil the park.

c. Not more than four budgerigar(s) which you must keep within the park home.

16. Nothing in Rule 15 of these park rules prevents you from keeping an assistance dog if this is required to support your disability and Assistance Dogs UK or any successor body has issued you with an Identification Book or other appropriate evidence.


Water

17. You must protect all external water pipes from potential frost damage.


Vacant Pitches

18. You must not have access to vacant pitches and must not disturb building materials and plant.


Vehicles

19. You must drive all vehicles on the park carefully and within the park 5 mph speed limit.

20. You must not park more than two vehicles on the park.

21. You must not park anywhere except in the parking spaces allocated to your home.

a. Other than for delivering goods and services, you must not park or allow parking of commercial vehicles of any sort on the park, including

i. Light commercial or light goods vehicles as described in the vehicle taxation legislation,

AND

ii. Vehicles intended for domestic use but derived from or adapted from such a commercial vehicle; nor may you park a caravan or trailer in your allocated parking spaces.

22. You must hold a current driving licence and be insured to drive any vehicle on the park. You must also ensure that any vehicle you drive on the park is taxed in accordance with the requirements of law and is in a roadworthy condition.

23. Disused or unroadworthy vehicles must not be stored anywhere on the park. We reserve the right to remove any vehicle which is apparently abandoned.

24. You must not carry out the following works or repairs on the park:

a. Major vehicle repairs involving dismantling of part(s) of the engine

b. Works which involve the removal of oil or other fuels.


Weapons

25. You must not use or display guns, firearms and offensive weapons (including crossbows) on the park and you may only keep them on the pitch or in your home if you hold the appropriate licence and they are securely stored in accordance with that licence.


External Decoration

26. Homeowners must maintain the outside of their park home in a clean and tidy condition. Where the exterior is repainted or recovered homeowners must use reasonable endeavours not to depart from the original exterior colour scheme.


Use of Park Facilities

27. Homeowners are permitted to use all park facilities except for the showers and toilets that are provided for camping and touring guests.

Magpie Leisure Park, Yelverton

1. Age of Occupants

No person under the age of 55 years may reside in a park home except for the park owner, their family and the park wardens.

2. Pets

You must not keep any pets or animals except the following (a) Not more than two dogs (other than any of the breeds subject to the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. You must keep any dog on a leash and must not allow it to despoil the park (b) Not more than two domestic cats. You must keep any under proper control.

3. Condition of the Pitch

You must not direct fences or other means of enclosure unless you have obtained our approval (which will not be unreasonably withheld). You must position fences and other means of enclosure to comply with the Park site licence conditions and fire safety requirements.

You must not have external fires including incinerators. Barbeques must be kept a distance of 3 m away from your home or other inflammable structures.

You must not keep inflammable substances on the park except in quantities reasonable for domestic use. You must not keep explosive substances on the park.

Homeowners must maintain the outside of the park home and garden in a clean and tidy condition.

4. Noise Nuisance

You must not use musical instruments all forms of recorded music players, radios and other appliances to cause a nuisance to other occupiers especially between the hours of 10.30 p.m. and 8 a.m.

5. Water

Where water is not separately metered at the park home or not separately charged you must not use hoses except in the case of fire

6. Vehicles and Parking

You must drive all vehicles on the park carefully and within the displayed speed limit. You must not park more than two vehicles on the park You must park in permitted parking spaces, parking on grass verges is forbidden.

7. Business Activities

You must not use the park home the pitch or any of the park for any business purpose. However you are at liberty to work individually from home by carrying out any office work or other type of work which does not create a nuisance to other occupiers and does not involve other staff.

8. Refuge

You must not deposit any waste or unroadworthy vehicles on any part of the park including any individual pitch.

9. Fire Precautions

You are recommended to have in your park home a fire extinguisher, carbon monoxide detector and fire blanket conforming to the relevant British Standards.

Silent Woman, Tavistock

November 2014

These rules are in place to ensure acceptable standards are maintained on the park, which will be of general benefit to occupiers, and to promote and maintain community cohesion. They form part of the Agreement by which homeowners occupy the pitch in accordance with the Mobile Homes Act 1983, as amended.

The term “Occupant(s)” refers to anyone occupying a park home, whether under an Agreement to which the Mobile Homes Act 1983 applies or under a tenancy or any other agreement.


1. Business Activities

No business or trade or profession may be exercised or carried on within the Park except for work of an administrative nature providing that it does not cause a nuisance to other occupiers and does not involve other staff. The overhaul and repair of vehicles for resale is regarded as a business.


2. Cars and Parking

All vehicles must be parked within the permitted parking spaces on the park. Those pitches that include an appropriate space for the parking of a car must be properly prepared with a suitable hard standing. Only one car can be parked on a pitch at any one time. All cars/vehicles must be roadworthy with the relevant road licence and insurance. Motor Homes and Touring caravans cannot be parked or allowed to be parked on the Park either in individual pitches or in the common parking areas. Other than for delivering goods and services, you must not park or allow parking of commercial vehicles of any sort on the park including light commercial or light goods vehicles as described in the vehicle taxation legislation and vehicles intended for domestic use but derived from or adapted from such a commercial vehicle.


3. Cleanliness

The Occupant is responsible for the cleanliness and general tidiness of the pitch and its surroundings. Particular attention must be paid to the area underneath the Home, which must be kept clear and not used as storage space for reasons of ventilation and safety.


4. Fires

Occupants must comply with Fire Prevention Instructions displayed or issued from time to time. It’s recommended that a suitable fire extinguisher must be kept for your mobile home and all residents on the Park should familiarise themselves with the position of the park extinguishers and alarms.

External fires are forbidden including incinerators.

Those Occupants with stove type facilities should ensure that suitable coals are used in order to minimise sparks and that the chimney and cowl of the home are kept in good repair.


5. Electricity

It’s recommended that all electrical installations and appliances within your home should comply with the relevant laws and safety requirements.


6. Letter Box

All Occupants must provide an accessible numbered letterbox


7. Waste Water

Occupants must not permit wastewater to be discharged on the ground anywhere.


8. Sanitation

Strict attention to sanitary detail is imperative to minimise the chance of problems in the drainage system. The facilities must not be misused in any way. As a guideline, only items that have been consumed should be introduced to the drainage system. Where possible, eco-friendly cleaning agents should be used.


9. Refuse

Disposal Occupants are responsible for the disposal of household refuse seeing it is placed in containers and made ready for collection as directed by the Local Authority and the collecting contractor. The dumping of Garden Refuse or any other waste anywhere within the Park is strictly forbidden. All such matter must be removed to the local Civic Amenity site.


10. Liability

The Park Owners will accept no liability whatever for the loss or damage to the property of the Occupant or any member of his/her family, or visitor to the Park unless arising from their own negligence or other breach of duty.


11. Noise

Strict control of musical instruments, televisions, all forms of recorded music players, radios and other similar appliances so as not to cause a nuisance to other occupants must be observed between the hours of 11 p.m. and 8 a.m.


12. Traffic Control

All vehicles must be driven with great care whilst on the Park, keeping to the roads and designated parking places. The maximum speed is 5 mph.


13. Temporary Buildings

No temporary buildings of any kind are allowed, with the exception that Occupants are entitled to one storage shed which must be positioned so that it complies with the park’s site licence and fire safety requirements. Any shed must be non-combustible.


14. Trees and Shrubs

No trees shall be planted, cut down, removed or damaged to maintain the general pleasantness of the park.


15. Washing

Suitable drying lines are provided for washing on the Park Drying Area and must be used accordingly. It may be possible for Occupants to use their own drying line where sufficient space is available to the rear or the side of the home. Lines should not encroach on a neighbours pitch or be positioned to the front of the home nearest the road.


16. Pitches

No change of pitch, including repositioning and expanding the pitch past its existing boundary can be made without the agreement of the Park Owners.


17. Sub-Letting

Sub-letting is not permitted.


18. Fences and Pitch Boundaries

The Occupant is required to erect a fence on the boundary line (subject to the paragraph below) and to ensure that any plant growth does not obstruct the pathways and roadways by protruding beyond the boundaries of his/her pitch. Only fences which do not exceed 4 ft in height are permitted and must be positioned to comply with the park’s site licence conditions and fire safety requirements


19. Pets

You must not keep any pets or animals except the following:

  • Not more than ONE dog (other than any of the breeds subject to the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 which are not permitted at all). You must keep any dog under proper control and you must not permit it to frighten other users of the park. You must keep any dog on a leash not exceeding 1 metre in length and you must not allow it to despoil the park or your pitch. Dogs must be exercised off the park and its surrounding land. Or in the designated walking area, where occupants are required to clear up any issue and dispose of it away from the park.
  • Not more than ONE domestic cat. You must keep any cat under proper control and must not permit it to frighten other users of the park or despoil the park.
  • Any pet that is confined to the park home only which is housed in a cage, aquarium or similar is permitted by limited to one in number and must remain at all times within the home.

Nothing in this rule about dogs prevents you from keeping an assistance dog if this is required to support your disability and Assistance Dogs UK or any successor body has issued you with an Identification Book or any other appropriate evidence.


20. Children

Children are not permitted to reside on the Park. Children may of course visit on holidays and Occupants should ensure that during such visits the children play on the playing field provided or the garden of the homeowner so as not to cause a nuisance to other Occupants by playing outside Park Homes.

In the interests of health and safety, children should not play in the car park area, roads and around the toilet block.


21. Age of Occupants

The Park is for persons 45 years and over. No person under the age of 45 years may reside in the park home unless in the case of a couple living together as husband and wife want to move onto the Park at least one occupant must achieve this criterion.


22. Weapons

You must not use or display guns, firearms and offensive weapons (including archery equipment and crossbows) on the park and you may only keep them on the pitch or in your home if you hold the appropriate licence and they are stored in accordance with that licence.

The Beeches, Sampford Courtenay

In these rules:

  • “occupier” means anyone who occupies a park home, whether under an Agreement to which the Mobile Homes Act 19873 applies or under a tenancy or any other agreement.
  • “you” and “your” refers to the homeowner or other occupier of a park home.
  • “we” and “our” refers to the park owner.

These rules are in place to ensure acceptable standards are maintained on the park, which will be of general benefit to occupiers, and to promote and maintain community cohesion. They form part of the Agreement by which homeowners occupy the pitch in accordance with the Mobile Homes Act 1983, as amended.

With one exception the rules also apply to any occupiers of park homes who rent their homes. The only rule which does not apply to occupiers who rent their home is rule 37 about the colour of the exterior of the home, as someone renting their home would not be responsible for exterior maintenance.

None of these rules is to have retrospective effect. Accordingly:

  • they are to apply only from the date on which they take effect, which is 8 November 2014 and
  • no occupier who is in occupation on that date will be treated as being in breach due to circumstances which were in existence on that date and which would not have been a breach of the rules in existence before that date. These rules also apply (for so long as they live on the park) to the park owner and any employees, except for the following rules: 16 and 32.

Condition of the Pitch

1. For reasons of ventilation and safety you must keep the underneath of your home clear and not use it as a storage space.

2. The park is an “open plan” park and you must not erect fences or other means of enclosure.

3. You must not have external fires, including incinerators. Proprietary or purpose built barbeques are permitted.

4. You must not keep inflammable substances on the park except in quantities reasonable for domestic use.

5. You must not keep explosive substances on the park.

6. You must not remove or disturb flora or fauna on the park, especially on vacant pitches or on communal areas.


Park Home

7. You must not reposition the park home or make any alterations or additions to the park home or pitch without the prior approval of the Owner, which must not be unreasonably withheld, because you may breach the terms of our planning permission or site licence

8. Homeowners must construct and maintain a brick skirting between the underside of the park home and the hardstanding.

9. It is recommended that you ensure that electric, gas and water installations in your park home meet the relevant standards and regulations and that they are serviced as recommended.


Storage

10. You must not have more than one storage shed or one garage on the pitch. Where you source the shed or garage yourself the design, standard and size must be approved by us in writing (approval will not be withheld or delayed unreasonably). You must position the shed or garage to comply with the park’s site licence and fire safety requirements. The footprint of a shed shall not exceed 8 feet by 6 feet (48 square feet).

11. You must not have any storage receptacle on the pitch other than the shed or garage mentioned in rule 10 and any receptacle for the storage of domestic waste pending collection by the local authority.

12. You must ensure that any shed or other structure erected in the separation space between park homes is of non-combustible construction and positioned to comply with the park’s site licence conditions and fire safety requirements. The separation space is the space between your park home and any neighbouring home.


Refuse

Where waste is collected by the local authority

13. You are responsible for the disposal of all household, recyclable and garden waste in approved containers through the local authority service. You must not overfill containers and must place them in the approved position for the local authority collection.

14. You must not deposit any waste or rubbish other than in local authority approved containers on any part of the park (including any individual pitch.


Business Activities

15. You must not use the park home, the pitch or the park (or any part of the park) for any business purposes, and you must not use the park home or the pitch for the storage of stock, plant, machinery or equipment used or last used for any business purpose. However you are at liberty to work individually from home by carrying out any office work of a type which does not create a nuisance to other occupiers and does not involve any other staff, other workers, customers or members of the public calling at the park home or the park.


Occupants

16. No person under the age of 50 years may reside in a park home, except for the park manager/warden and their family, which in any event must not include persons under the age of 18.

17. You must not sublet the park home. You must not accommodate lodgers.

18. You are responsible for the behaviour of your visitors.


Noise Nuisance

19. You must not use musical instruments, all forms of recorded music players, radios and other similar appliances and motor vehicles to cause a nuisance to other occupiers, especially between the hours of 10.30 p.m. and 8.00 a.m.


Pets

20. You must not keep any pets or animals except the following:

  • Not more than two dog(s) or two domestic cat(s) or one dog and one domestic cat (other than any of the breeds subject to the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 which are not permitted at all.
  • You must keep any dog or cat under proper control and you must not permit it to frighten other users of the park. You must keep any dog on a leash not exceeding 1m in length and must not allow it to despoil the park.
  • A new homeowner may come onto the park with not more than two dog(s) or two domestic cat(s) or one dog and one domestic cat (other than a dog of any of the breeds subject to the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991) which they already own and may keep for as long as they wish but they shall not be permitted to replace the pet or acquire another pet.

Note

The express terms of a homeowner’s agreement contain an undertaking on the part of the homeowner not to allow anything which is or becomes a nuisance, inconvenience or disturbance to other occupiers at the park and this undertaking extends to the behaviour of pets and animals. A similar requirement not to cause a nuisance applies to tenants and again this includes the behaviour of pets and animals.

These rules do not have retrospective effect. If the keeping of the pet complied with previous rules, an occupier will not be treated as being in breach when these rules take effect. However, when the pet dies or leaves it can only be replaced if this would comply with these rules.

21. Nothing in rule 20 of these Park Rules prevents you from keeping an assistance dog if this is required to support your disability and Assistance Dogs UK or any successor body has issued you with an Identification Book or other appropriate evidence.


Water

22. Where water is not separately metered at the park home or not separately charged you must not use hoses, except in case of fire.

23. You must only use fire point hoses in case of fire.

24. You must protect all external water pipes from potential frost damage.


Vehicles and Parking

25. You must drive all vehicles on the park carefully and within the displayed speed limit.

26. You must not park more than one vehicle on the park and the DVLA registered keeper must be an occupier of the park home.

27. You must not park on the roads or grass verges.

28. You must not park anywhere except in the permitted parking spaces.

29. Other than for delivering goods and services, and except for commercial vehicles operated by the park owner, their family and the park manager/warden, you must not park or allow parking of commercial vehicles of any sort on the park, including light commercial or light goods vehicles as described in the vehicle taxation legislation and vehicles intended for domestic use but derived from or adapted from such a commercial vehicle. You must not park or allow parking of motorhomes or touring caravans of any sort on the park.

30. Drivers of any vehicle on the park must hold a current driving licence and be insured to drive. You must also ensure that any vehicle you drive on the park is taxed in accordance with the requirements of law and is in a roadworthy condition.

31. Disused or unroadworthy vehicles must not be kept anywhere on the park. We reserve the right to remove any vehicle which is apparently abandoned

32. You must not carry out the following works or repairs on the park:

  • a. Major vehicle repairs involving dismantling of part(s) of the engine
  • b. Works which involve the removal of oil or other fuels.

Weapons

33. You must not use or display guns, firearms and offensive weapons (including crossbows) on the park and you may only keep them on the pitch or in your home if you hold the appropriate licence and they are securely stored in accordance with that licence.


External Decoration

34. Homeowners must maintain the outside of their park home in a clean and tidy condition. Where the exterior is repainted or recovered homeowners must use reasonable endeavours not to depart from the original exterior colour scheme

Oaklands Residential Park, Okehampton

These rules are in place to ensure acceptable standards are maintained on the Park, which will be of general benefit to occupiers, and to promote and maintain community cohesion. They form part of the Agreement by which homeowners occupy the pitch in accordance with the Mobile Homes Act 1983, as amended.

In these rules number 1 -26:

None of these rules is to have a retrospective effect. Accordingly:

  • They are to apply only from the date on which they take effect, which is January 2015 and
  • No occupier who is in occupation on that date will be treated as being in breach due to circumstances which were in existence by written permission from the park owner on that date and which would not have been in breach of the rules in existence before that date.

As confirmed by the Tribunal Property Chamber the Park Rules are with exceptions to the Park Owner/s and their families, management and park warden/staff.

Rule 1)

No persons under the age of 45 years may reside in a Park Home on Oaklands Residential Park No children permitted to reside on Oaklands Residential Park


Rule 2)

Residents of park homes may keep either one small dog or a cat for as long as such resident animals do not cause any nuisance or annoyance to other residents or third parties on the Park. Residents must take responsibility for ensuring that their dog or cat does not despoil the Park. No other cats, dogs or animals are permitted on the Park. This rule shall not prevent residents from keeping a caged bird or fish within their mobile home.


Rule 3)

Park Homes must comply with the British Standard current at the time the homes are bought on the Park.


Rule 4)

The external parts of a park home must only be repainted in a colour as similar as possible to the original colour; wheels must not be removed.


Rule 5)

For reasons of ventilation and safety you must keep the underneath of your home clear and not use it as storage space.


Rule 6)

New fences or other new means of enclosure of a pitch may only be erected after a pitch occupier has given at least 14 days prior written notice to the park Owner, which notice should indicate both specification and proposed location. The Park Owner may object to the proposed fence or other means of enclosure if it, or its proposed location, contravenes the condition of the Site Licence and fire safety requirements. This rule shall not prevent an occupier repairing existing fencing.


Rule 7)

External fires including incinerators are not permitted, but residents may have supervised barbeques.


Rule 8)

No explosive may be brought onto or kept on the Park. Flammable substances may only be kept within mobile homes in quantities reasonable for normal domestic use.


Rule 9)

Occupiers of mobile homes may locate a single storage shed on their pitch in a position which does not contravene the site licence and fire safety conditions. Prior to the erection of any new shed written consent to the design and standard of the shed must be obtained from the Park Owner who must not unreasonably withhold or delay dealing with any application made to it. The footprint of the shed shall not exceed 6ft x 4ft and the shed must not exceed a height of 8ft and must be constructed from non-combustible materials.


Rule 10)

No external storage receptacle may be kept on pitches other than the shed which complies with Rule 13 and a dustbin or similar receptacle for the storage of domestic waste.


Rule 11)

Only commercial vehicles making deliveries can temporarily enter the Park and remain on the Park for sufficient time to enable deliveries to be made. No other commercial vehicles, camper vans, touring caravans, boats or trailers shall be brought onto the Park or parked anywhere within it.


Rule 12)

You must drive all vehicles on the Park carefully within 10 mph or less.


Rule 13)

Only one car or the permitted motor vehicle per pitch may be regularly parked within the Park. Cars must not be parked where they can, or may, block the access to and from the Park or the access of any resident on the Park to their pitch.

In addition visitors to the Park may bring a car on to the Park for the duration of their visit but must observe the park Rules and park wholly within pitches or on designated visitor spaces.


Rule 14)

Residents must not park or permit others to park cars or any other motor vehicles on any of the roads or grass verges within the Park. Cars or other permitted vehicles may only be parked wholly within pitches or on designated visitor spaces


Rule 15)

Only vehicles which are taxed and insured in accordance with current legislation may be brought on to and kept on the Park. The Park Owner may remove all vehicles which do not comply with this rule.


Rule 16)

No major vehicle repairs shall be carried out within the Park. Vehicle engines must not be dismantled in whole or in part; fuel and oil must not be removed from vehicles.


Rule 17)

You must not use or allow your park home or any part of the Park to be used for:

  • Any business purpose
  • Storage of stock, plant machinery or equipment used or last used for any business purposes.

This rule shall not prevent occupiers of park homes working at or from home and undertaking any work of a type which does not create a nuisance to other occupiers of homes within the Park or involve other people regularly calling at the Park or the park home.


Rule 18)

Occupiers of park homes must dispose of all household waste including recyclable items and garden waste by placing it in permitted enclosed containers pending removal by the local authority or other authorised contractor. No waste of any description may be deposited on any other part of the Park. No one living on the Park or visiting it is permitted to despoil any part of the Park by depositing waste.


Rule 19)

Hoses and hosepipes must be used sparingly and not regularly save in case of fire or other emergency. Fire point hoses/extinguishers may only be used in case of fire or other emergency.


Rule 20)

Occupiers of the park homes must protect all external water pipes between the park home and the stopcock from frost damage by insulating those pipes.


Rule 21)

You must not use or display guns, firearms and offensive weapons including crossbows on the park and you may only keep them on the pitch or in your home if you hold the appropriate licence and they are securely stored in accordance with that licence.


Rule 22)

Pitch occupiers must notify the Park Owner in writing before planting a tree on a pitch. Trees must not be planted anywhere else within the Park. The Park Owner may object to any planting which contravenes the Site Licence but must do so within 14 days of receiving written notice.


Rule 23)

Washing lines are to be reasonable screened from public view where possible


Rule 24)

Musical instruments, record players, radios, other appliances and vehicles must not be used to cause nuisance to others especially between the hours of 10.30 p.m. and 8.00 a.m.


Rule 25)

Occupiers of park homes must not do anything which will cause the Park Owner to be in breach of the Site Licence. Occupiers must comply with current regulations imposed by statutory undertakers.


Rule 26)

You or your visitors are not permitted entry on vacant pitches, pitches with vacant/park stock homes or restricted areas of the park.