Caravan park.

[Drawweight]

A couple of the local caravan parks have just been taken over by one of the bigger players.

A few owners have been told to remove their vans as ‘not being up to a suitable standard’. Even though nobody has actually made clear what this standard is.
By the way the vans mentioned don’t look any worse than other vans.

There was no age limit to the vans in the contract with the original owners but the new owners I believe have a 15 year limit on their other sites.

Any idea if they are allowed to do this if the ‘suitable standard’ isn’t specified and doesn’t look obviously breached. If necessary could they invoke the 15 year limit on these sites as well?

I’ve no dog in this fight I’m just curious.

[Stay in Bed Instead]

Are the new owners effectively terminating the Contract in accordance with the terms & conditions?

[Castrol for a knave]

The licence to occupy a pitch is exactly that - it is not a lease so there is no security. It typically runs for 12 months, so when it's renewal time, the park owner can either grant new or refuse.

The pitch licence pretty much runs on a model set out by the BH&HPA, so most of the larger and decent operators will adopt that (or a variation of).

Some operators can be very aggressive in enforcing a maximum age clause, and 8 years is not unknown. This is to ensure the park is filled with nice, pretty shiny vans and an opportunity to retail new and late model used vans at a 50% plus margin,.......

15 years is pretty reasonable in the industry.