Residential Caravan and Park Sites - Fit and Proper Person

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There are new regulations for licence holders of caravan sites, please use the following guidance to ensure you meet the new regulations.

About the regulations

The Mobile Homes (Requirements for Manager of Site to be Fit and Proper Person) (England) Regulations 2020 prohibit the use of land as a residential mobile home site unless the local authority is satisfied that the owner of manager of the site is a fit and proper person to manage the site.

From 1 July 2021 local authorities will be able to receive applications from site licence holders to be entered on the fit and proper person register. The deadline for applications for existing site owners is 1 October 2021.

What does this mean for site owners?

From 1 October 2021, unless the site is exempt, the site owner must satisfy one of the following:

  • be a fit and proper person to lawfully operate a park home site
  • have a fit and proper site manager in place

What must a site owner do?

Site owners operating a relevant protected site must apply to us for the relevant person (themselves or their appointed manager) to be included in the local register of fit and proper persons to manage a site.

A site owner may only apply if they hold or have applied for a site licence for the site.

Exempt sites

A site is exempt if it is "a non-commercial family occupied site".  This is one that is both:

  • only occupied by members of the same family
  • not being run on a commercial basis

The Mobile Homes (Requirements for Manager of Site to be Fit and Proper Person) (England) Regulations 2020 provide further details about this exemption. 

What we will consider

To be happy that the relevant person is a fit and proper person to manage the site, and to add them to the register, we will consider:

  • past compliance with the site licence
  • the long term maintenance of the site
  • whether the relevant person has sufficient level of competence to manage the site
  • the management structure and funding arrangements for the site or proposed management structure and funding arrangements

We will also consider whether the relevant person:

  • has the right to work within the UK
  • has committed any offence involving fraud or other dishonesty, violence, arson or drugs; or listed in Schedule 3 to the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (offences attracting notification requirements)
  • has contravened any provision of the law relating to housing, caravan sites, mobile homes, public health, planning or environmental health or of landlord and tenant law
  • has contravened any provision of the Equality Act 2010 in, or in connection with, the carrying on of any business
  • has harassed any person in, or in connection with, the carrying on of any business
  • has had an application rejected by any other local authority
  • is, or has been within the past 10 years, personally insolvent
  • is, or has been within the past 10 years, disqualified from acting as a company director

We also may consider the conduct of any person associated or formerly associated with the relevant person (whether on a personal, work or other basis), if it appears that person's conduct is relevant.

We can also consider any evidence on any other relevant matters.

Application

There is a charge for this application which has been set in line with government guidance, please see our current business licence fee page. 

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Fit and proper person register

Fit and proper person register
Site name and address Individual's name Business contact number Position in company Included on the register Expires Additional conditions
Burton Waters Lodges, Woodcock Lane, Burton Waters LN1 2BE Caroline Porter 01427 718226 Managing Director 26 October 2021 25 October 2026 N/A
Lakeshore, Bay Willow Road, Burton Waters, LN1 2ZG Graham Richardson 01625 865900 Managing Director 11 January 2022 10 January 2027 N/A
Little London Park, Lincoln Road, Torksey Lock LN1 2EL Jamie Mannion 01427 718322 Site Manager 15 October 2021 14 October 2026 N/A
Rutherglen Park, Church Lane, Saxilby, LN1 2QS John Calladine 01777 870108 Owner/Manager 02 March 2022 01 March 2027 N/A
Kingsmead Park, Swinhope Road, Swinhope, Market Rasen LN8 6HS Leighton Henry Simmons 01472 399797 Director 29 September 2021 28 September 2026 N/A
Shortferry Caravan Park, Ferry Road, Fiskerton LN3 4HU Robert Thomas Hardman 01526 398021 Partner / Manager 05 November 2021 04 November 2026 N/A
Stonecliff Park, Prebend Lane, Welton LN2 3JS Simon Wallace Ball 01673 861478 Partner / Manager 23 September 2021 22 September 2026 N/A
Field View Caravan Park, Kettleby Lane, Wrawby, DN20 9HG Walter Bibby 07721736243  Manager 25 February 2022 24 February 2027 N/A
Harpswell Hill Caravan Park, Harpswell Lane, Hemswell, DN21 5UT Andrew James 07770661957 Manager 19 April 2022 18 April 2027 N/A
West End Park, Long Lane, Ingham, LN1 2FH Ann Sanders 01623 862744 Joint Owner 07 June 2022 06 June 2027 N/A
Blyton Ponds, Station Road, Blyton, DN21 3LE Angela Forrest 01427 628240 Site Manager 12 January 2023 11 January 2028 N/A
Wolds Retreat, Brigg Road, Caistor, LN7 6RU John Jason Green 07901555007 Director 7 March 2023 6 March 2028 N/A
Lakeshore, Woodcock Lane, Burton Waters, Lincoln, LN1 2BE George William Jefford 07860585088 Owner/Manager 14 March 2024 13 March 2029 N/A
The Elms, Torksey, Lincoln, LN1 2EH Rob Turner 07711008475 Head of Residential Park 21 March 2024 20 March 2029 N/A
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