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The owner of Avon Riverside Caravan Park has submitted a new planning application to Wychavon District Council to extend the permitted occupancy period from nine to eleven months per year. The previous application was rejected due to an incorrect consent type. Public consultation runs until August 21.
Somerset Council's planning committee unanimously voted to allow the expansion of the Cutters Combe touring caravan site between Bridgwater and the Quantock Hills. The site, originally approved for five touring caravans or campervans in 2024, doubled in size without planning permission. Enmore Parish Council objected, citing "flagrant disregard for planning policy," but the committee deemed the proposal "sensible and proportional." Because the plans are retrospective, the development is exempt from the 10% biodiversity net gain requirement.
Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority has launched a 10-year review of its camping management byelaws, which have been in place since 2015. Proposed changes include requiring fires to be raised off the ground in a contained vessel and making it an offence to abuse or threaten rangers. The public consultation runs until September 21.
South Oxfordshire District Council has received a revised application to legalize an unauthorized Gypsy and Traveller site near the A40/M40 junction at Tetsworth. Previous applications were refused, including on appeal. The new proposal includes 12 mobile homes, 12 touring caravans, and 12 utility rooms, along with an acoustic barrier and a new noise assessment. Earlier, over 120 objections were submitted; now only two have been registered.
A man has received a suspended prison sentence for repeatedly breaching a planning injunction by bringing caravans onto land in Kent without permission. The High Court found the breaches serious and deliberate, imposing six months' imprisonment suspended for two years, with a condition to vacate the site within six months.
A planning application has been submitted to create six overnight motorhome bays at Mill Street Car Park in Llangollen as part of a Denbighshire County Council pilot scheme. The proposal includes water supply, waste disposal facilities, and recycling bins, with stays limited to 48 hours. The scheme would reduce existing car parking by 29 spaces and is part of a broader initiative to address unauthorized overnight parking.
The Lake District National Park Authority has granted retrospective planning permission for a static caravan placed in ancient woodland, despite acknowledging some harm. The caravan was installed on the site of a demolished garage at Great Tower Scout Camp on Cartmel Fell. The approval, granted on August 7, requires reducing the deck and carrying out compensatory tree planting within a year. The planning report noted the garage demolition was not permitted development, but the caravan could remain as ancillary staff accommodation, providing a significant fallback position.
Nationwide Lodges Ltd has applied for a premises license for Adgestone Caravan and Camping Site in Sandown. If approved, the license would allow plays from 8am to 11pm, films from 5pm to 11pm, live music from noon to midnight, and recorded music from 8am to midnight. Alcohol sales would be permitted from 8am to 11pm. The application was made under the Licensing Act 2003. Residents have until August 24 to submit written objections or comments to the council's licensing section. Making false statements in connection with the application carries a maximum fine of £5,000.
Planning officers are recommending approval for a retrospective application to keep two static caravans for a single traveller family at Chestnut Paddocks off Titchfield Road. The application goes before Fareham Borough Council's planning committee on August 12. Despite 118 objections from 100 households, officials say the use would not harm the landscape, and ecologists and highways have raised no objections.
Winchester City Council has declined to consider a planning application for a residential caravan site in Soberton while an appeal against an enforcement notice is pending. The part-retrospective application for Emlyns on Dradfield Lane sought to retain a single Gypsy or Traveller pitch with a static caravan, day room, kennels, and space for a touring caravan and two cars. The enforcement notice, issued on July 25, 2025, alleged the land was used as a mixed residential and agricultural site without permission. The council cited Section 70C of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, which allows refusal to consider applications for sites under unresolved enforcement notices.
The court granted partial permission to appeal in the case of Delaney v Secretary of State, concerning enforcement action related to a caravan site. The decision addresses issues regarding the use of land for caravans and the powers of local authorities.
Penrhyn Camping Site at Bwlchtocyn, near Porth Ceiriad, has been refused a Lawful Development Certificate for the second time. The application, submitted in 2025, was rejected by Gwynedd council planners, who said the evidence did not undisputedly prove continuous use of the entire site for the required period.
Applicant John Cash has submitted new documents for a plan to place two static caravans on land off Rucklers Lane in Kings Langley, which has drawn 229 objections. The application was filed last January without supporting documents. If approved by Dacorum Borough Council, the land would change use to a residential site. Opponents fear it could set a precedent for green belt development.
Northumberland County Council has launched its annual 'Love it Like it’s Yours' campaign, urging motorhome and caravan users to respect the countryside during the summer staycation season. The campaign follows the expansion of a pilot scheme allowing overnight motorhome stays in selected Forestry England car parks, including Kielder. Visitors are asked to book legal campsites, take litter home, and use designated waste disposal sites.
Windmills Caravan Park in Tenby, south Pembrokeshire, has been granted a certificate of lawfulness for a sewage treatment plant installed in summer 2018 without planning permission. The application, submitted in 2026, succeeded because the development had been in place for over four years, making it immune from enforcement action.
Fen Farm Caravan Site lost an appeal over a sign refusal, while the High Court dismissed Canham's challenge over Ladstone Park caravan enforcement.
Herefordshire Council has issued an enforcement notice to AS Green, a large vegetable grower at Rook Row Farm near Mathon, requiring it to reverse unauthorised changes. The farm installed 33 static caravans for workers and converted a barn for year-round vegetable processing, drawing complaints from neighbours. The notice demands cessation of non-agricultural use, including industrial, storage, distribution and residential activities, within six months, and removal of all caravans and container accommodation within nine months. The council cited detrimental impact of heavy goods traffic on road safety and unsustainable development in the countryside.
The Environment Agency has objected to a planning application for a 100-caravan holiday park east of Whitbarrow Farm near the A66 in Cumbria. The agency cited a lack of justification for a private sewage system over a mains connection and warned of pollution risks to Skitwath Beck. Over 50 public comments have been submitted, with residents arguing the development would create 'an extra village' and cause permanent loss of rural character. National Highways has placed a holding recommendation pending further traffic data, and the lead local flood authority said insufficient information was provided on surface water management.
Fylde Council has approved plans to reconfigure Hurst Lea Caravan Park in Little Eccleston and change the use of adjoining land to allow 42 static holiday caravans. Little Eccleston with Larbreck Parish Council objected, noting the village already has 1,107 caravans and warning of traffic and parking issues. Lancashire County Council's highways department found no significant impact on road safety, and planning officers said the site is enclosed by existing parks and housing, limiting its visibility. Permission was granted on July 10 with conditions including a ban on permanent residence and biodiversity measures.
Plans to expand a caravan site in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, have been recommended for approval despite concerns over 'intensification of use'. The site behind Toms Lane, where five gypsy pitches were approved in May 2024, now proposes replacing one static and one touring caravan per pitch with two static caravans. Three Rivers District Council's planning committee will consider the change on July 16 after Abbots Langley Parish Council and three committee members raised concerns. Council officers recommend approval but with a condition that no more than five caravans be used for primary living accommodation, with the rest for ancillary facilities.
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