MichaelT replied on 14/08/2018 09:59
Posted on 14/08/2018 09:59
Due to the premature closure of the original thread I am opening a new one. I received the following email form 38 degrees/Mark Bevan today and I think the response form C&MC is broadly in line with our comment on here so perhaps someone from HQ does read these threads after all 
Mark has even added the link to the closed thread so perhaps he also did read it but declined to comment, pity it was closed also!!
Dear supporters,
Monday 13 August update, the petition hit 2.5k signatures, thank you. I received an email from the C&MC last Thursday, who are aware of the petition. The email from the clubs Public Affairs & Corporate Communications Manager contained an interesting paragraph that I would like to share with you:
"There is arguably scope and demand for another level of stopover, along the lines of a French Aire. However, the establishment of these would have a cost, and there would be planning approval challenges and UK safety requirements (minimum fire safety separation distances for instance) to overcome. It’s worth debating whether the provision of such facilities should be the responsibility of an organisation like the Club, or whether local authorities should provide them (as is the case in some other countries – France and Australia, for instance). There are already some examples of this in the UK, although some of them operate without compliance with the safety separation distances that those same local authorities would insist on if site operators like the Club were to set them up."
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Mark
p.s. You might also like to know, that a link to the petition has been posted and a discussion is taking place about it on the C&MC online forum. Not everyone agrees with the petition, and you may find it interesting to read some different views, or even contribute to the discussion. Here is the link https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/club-together/discussions/sites-touring/uk-sites-touring/interesting-petition/?p=1
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Moderator Edit:
The thread has been closed and made 'read only', pending a decision by our Community Manager on its future.
MichaelT
Motorhomer