Awning rules

Roll out canopies on MHs are allowed on non-awning pitches providing the space requirements are maintained. Sometimes they may only be able to be partially unrolled and sometimes wardens ask for them to be retracted at night.

Don't forget that MHs do not often have cars on pitch which is why they often have room for the canopy.

There's no need to feel you're missing out or that wardens are turning a blind eye.

Wedgy. There's information out there about the awnig rules on non-awning pitches, it's allowed on some as long as the firebreak is maintained but only awnings which can be rolled in and adjusted to fit the requirements.

As posted by others motor caravans (without any add vehicles) can on some non awning pitches ,use their wind out awnings,while the vehicle is occupied with permission of the site staff

Recently published from HO.

If space requirements can be met I wonder why it's a non awning pitch. 

Some pitches that are now non awning were before the guidelines for fire regs were ammended a few years ago awning pitches so it may be with these days of litigation lawyer's .the clubs and some commercial companies are looking to not get court

I don't think guidelines were changed,I believe the club employed a new H&S manager?

Thank you Jill for your clear print out of the rules about 3 metre spacing, but to be frank I wouldn't go to a campsite where there is another caravan or Motorhome or awning as close as that. It would be like having neighbours parked at the other end of my sitting room at home. Fire officers may be satisfied with a 3 metre gap but I want much more space than that. It's a long time since I went to a Club site and I hadn't realised outfits were so close together these days. Thank you for reminding me. 

It seems motorhomers can't win. If we book an awning pitch we get accused of taking up a pitch that a caravan and awning could use. If we book a none awning pitch and use a roll out canopy (which under no stretch of the imagination can be classed as an awning) we get criticised for that. We tend only to use our canopy as a sun shade (although in Innsbruck we did use it as a rain shade!) and we wind it in at night, no hassle whatsoever. 

David

They did change  as it is not just the cc who have altered some previous awning pitches 

unless the elf and safetyman from cc was moon lighting