Winter break

[Brian]

Good morning,
Can anyone tell me why we have to vacate our static c/van for 28 days per year or as in our case 7 weeks (Aldbrough),
Having looked on adviceguide.org.uk-if your site pays council tax direct to the council you are then exempt from paying council tax, this is usually payed through your site fees.
so for what reason do we have to vacate the site in winter?
Brian

[Brian]

Good morning,
Can anyone tell me why we have to vacate our static c/van for 28 days per year or as in our case 7 weeks (Aldbrough),
Having looked on adviceguide.org.uk-if your site pays council tax direct to the council you are then exempt from paying council tax, this is usually payed through your site fees.
so for what reason do we have to vacate the site in winter?
Brian
Tue 16th I get the impression this is a difficult question for you to answer,or has nobody read my notes...

[mirkwood]

hi , im sure it has something to do with the site licence , thats way some sites are open for 46 weeks a year some not as long , the site im on closes end of nov opens start of march, also you can`t have a static holiday home (on a site) as a permanent resistance

[mirkwood]

so for what reason do we have to vacate the site in winter?
its just to cold ;)

[Stu]

As far as I'm aware, it is to do with planning conditions/consent rather than Council Tax. If you can stay on site all year then the site is classed as a residential site, which requires different (and probably harder to get) planning consent to a 'holiday' site.

Stuart.

[Teakbank12]

A holiday park is just what it says on the tin. It will have to close down for a number of weeks/months as per the planning rules it was granted.
A residential park costs about 10 x the amount to live on as a holiday park for that reason.
You are not actually allowed to live on any holiday park for more than the number of days quoted in your terms/conditions & you cannot list it as your official address.
Breaking the above rules means the park is breaking its planning rules & its not unknown for the council to revoke a licence if they discover this.

Our park is open 1st march through till late November each year, other parks have a shorter closure period but also have higher fees.

The site owners are taxed as a business rate which they divide up to charge each pitch.

Be very careful in breaking the rules as you could be kicked offsite.

[woofty jones]

As I understand it, 'Holiday Parks' have to close other wise if they are open for 12 moths they are classed as 'Residential' sites and you pay full council tax. Our site is open from March 1st through to January 15th, there are no restrictions on how long you can stay at any one time. We have just received our rates bill for this year at £206.00.

[Scampi]

Ours is a holiday site and has a 12-month season. No closed season was one of the things we wanted when we were looking for a site. Living here is not allowed though.