In order to set up a 5 van site you must be registered with either CC, C&CC or CSMA. These are the only organisations that have an exemption from planning permission for 5 van sites as they self regulate. They will send an inspector and advise on what mimimum is required to comply. This is usually access requirements, water supply, grey and black waste disposal. Anything else is optional.

I would personaly consider electric hookups as most vans where no other facilities are available, would like this.

I would advise keep it simple. There is a growing lack of simple 5 van sites in nice locations. Andy
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kids play park . maybe getting built between the proposed site and the village, I have a piece of disused land and the village is looking for a play park location, just checking out insurance liabilities , or possibility of gifting the land.

a local beer festival is been organised to raise funds for play park, cant knock that type of thinking  At work
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application form filled in do I post?

do you really need electric that going to cost a few bob, and 'guests' will use much of my precious power to heat their cold wobbly trailers. perhaps I could open a thermal underwear shop? At work
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I just keep waiting for the kick line!

Think Hitchcock's Birds, but with chickens...

Yes that is exactly what I am thinking - and worse! A sort of Bermuda Triangle oop north where caravanners go to be terrorised and never seen again, disappearing with no trace or even any evidence they ever existed.

Chickens do eat meat so watch out for the marketing of a new "super bird" from CG

vanners would be like celery, taking more energy to digest than they deliver.


its a genuine plan, a lovely riverside location, At work
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The three clubs mentioned are not the only ones able to regulate 5 van sites, many clubs are able to also do so and decide who may use the site. the difference is that these clubs must renew annually, unlike the big three, There is considerable myth about 5 van sites mainly perpetuated by the big two van clubs to entice members. my PC is slightly to the right of Genghis
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proposed site, near enough central on this pic, you can just make out the wheat field in front of the treeline.

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/526535


100 yrds away
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cross river and walking to village
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refreshments in village
http://www.theoaktreehelperby.com/

http://www.geograph.org.uk/near/Postcode+YO61+2SB/SE43057023 At work
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I feel your spending cash for a limited season, a bumpy dirt track, won't me much fun in the wet, get it flat with a solid base and clean, you can offer pitches all year round and not just a few months, especially if you offer hard standings. p****d off with a Digital Keyboard Warrior

its a full stone track, it holds traffic all winter, fishermen etc, it just needs smoothing, hard standings easy enough a few hours with a digger then stone At work
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Go for it CG. Looks idyllic to me - I would come! Electrics are a bonus and I would have thought more profitable as your CL will stay much fuller for a much longer season. The track sound fine and shouldn't be a problem. Caravan Club will give good advice.

Maybe open for a trial with no electric, get customer feedback then install if warranted.
2-300 meters armoured cable and a few rcd's and connection sockets. not cheap but not restrictive either.
or build closer to my house but then its not so remote and thats my usp.

you can sit out there on an evening watching the wildlife stream by, owls deer foxes hares rabbits buzzards oystercatchers, no end of small birds, ear plugs recommended if you want to sleep in they dont half make a dawn chorus.
no wildlife left in the modern farm landscape my eye

one less buzzard maybe, we found one at the road side last week with broken legs the vet couldnt save it


renovating the road isnt an issue,it gets gone every few years anyway, Id just make a slightly better job. At work
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If you have electrics your more likely to attract more vans in the winter, offering an income through the year as opposed to just the summer with the odd die hard in the winter. Most of the later vans are running mainly on 12v leaving Hot Water and a Fridge to be running on 240v, they can run on Gas but leccy is better, only thing you have to watch for are the ones who take the urine by running fan heaters in the awning. p****d off with a Digital Keyboard Warrior

Any updates on this?
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