The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015

PART 5 E+W Caravan sites and recreational campsites

Class A – use of land as caravan site E+W

Permitted development E+W

A.   The use of land, other than a building, as a caravan site in the circumstances referred to in paragraph A.2.

Condition E+W

A.1  Development is permitted by Class A subject to the condition that the use is discontinued when the circumstances specified in paragraph A.2 cease to exist, and all caravans on the site are removed as soon as reasonably practicable.

Interpretation of Class A E+W

A.2  The circumstances mentioned in Class A are those specified in paragraphs 2 to 10 of Schedule 1 to the 1960 Act (cases where a caravan site licence is not required), but in relation to those mentioned in paragraph 10 do not include use for winter quarters.

Class B – development on caravan site required by conditions E+W

Permitted development E+W

B.   Development required by the conditions of a site licence for the time being in force under the 1960 Act.

Class C – use of land by members of certain recreational organisations E+W

Permitted development E+W

C.   The use of land by members of a recreational organisation for the purposes of recreation or instruction, and the erection or placing of tents on the land for the purposes of the use.

Development not permitted E+W

C.1  Development is not permitted by Class C if the land is a building or is within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse.

Interpretation of Class C E+W

C.2  For the purposes of Class C, “ recreational organisation” means an organisation holding a certificate of exemption under section 269 of the Public Health Act 1936 (power of local authority to control use of moveable dwellings) M1 .

Marginal Citations

M1 1936 c. 49; relevant amendments are made by section 30(1) of, and Schedule 4 to, the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 (c. 62) and Schedule 6 to the Building Act 1984 (c. 55).