Crowded out

It would need an amendment to the act of parliament to get it altered,but those who flaunt the present act put in jeopardy the whole concept of the present act,  which allows certain organizations to issue the exemption certificates 

I’m pleased to see you intend to abide by the rules in future, Ted. 

I have said for years that the current 5 van rule is out of date. Was it in the 1930s that Act was passed? How many caravans graced our roads then? How many grace our roads now? Add to that the drastic reduction of CLs generally and we have a problem don’t we? The large sites of the club continue to increase and to swallow large numbers of vans and Motorhomes and its a good job they do. If more people wanted CLs I feel that we could have a problem. One of the problems of course  is that some CLs are in super locations and they will always be popular - hence- over crowding- not right but I can understand it. Off grid chaps- I have no such problems. I certainly go to sites that have had 5 vans on them but most of the time there is spare capacity and many times we have been by ourselves  enjoying the entire site. The lure of the EHU could never get me to go back to crowded sites. For those that are interested , Facebook has a new and unique page- CAMOGG- Caravan And Motorhome Off Grid Group- take a look- and never have a site like the OP had to suffer!! 

Merve there's a good post regarding this by Ian at Birch Hill, see link below.

https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/club-together/discussions/sites-touring/certificated-locations/caravan-sites-and-control-of-development-act-1960/

We have been far from crowded out this past weekend.
A 2 acre CL all to ourselves, it was bliss.

 Heres the Link to CAMOGG Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/CAMOGG/

We have been on several CLs where the 5-van limit has been exceeded - in fact, we're on one now. We always book ahead, we were the fifth outfit when we arrived but another has arrived subsequently. I'll speak to the owner about it to ask if there are any extenuating circumstances, but I will report it formally if not.

This is because, like many contributors, we use CLs almost exclusively and we value the restricted numbers, but also because we find the behaviour of most CAMC members perfectly acceptable - something not guaranteed on 'commercial' sites, even small ones.

Phil & Claire

It is now nearly two weeks since I received a response from CL Maddie saying that she would look into whether or not it was permitted for two CLs to be run, side by side but owned by different members of the same family/household.

A number of us have experienced such sites - so they do exist.

I just wondered how long it’s going to take to get an answer to what is really quite a simple question?

It might be a simple question but getting an answer from Gov.Uk/Natural England is far from easy as I have found over the last few weeks.

As far as I can remember it is only possible if the land in question is held in different land holdings which would be a rare occurrence.

Perhaps you missed Maddie’s interim response in the other thread, R&R.

https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/club-together/discussions/sites-touring/certificated-locations/caravan-sites-and-control-of-development-act-1960/?er=P617844#P617844