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Postby Darren » Thu Feb 18, 2010 1:57 pm

Is any reason why a shed cannot fit into a legal definition of a caravan?


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Postby jillybean » Thu Feb 18, 2010 3:13 pm

Wheels. it must have wheels.


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Postby Darren » Thu Feb 18, 2010 3:42 pm

It makes no mention of it having wheels. Only it has to be under 22' x 66' and movable in one or two pieces on a trailer or vehicle.


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Postby Darren » Thu Feb 18, 2010 3:45 pm

Can't find the actual document but here is one from another web site http://www.timberspace.com/mobile-homes-legal.html


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Postby woodbodger » Thu Feb 18, 2010 6:36 pm

Hi I am fascinated by this and I am obviously coming in at the wrong end having only just joined so, reading between the lines, do I understand that It is permissable to sight a mobile home in a wood provided it fits within a set definition?


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Postby Darren » Thu Feb 18, 2010 6:49 pm

yes you can have a mobile home just as long as it's there for forestry purposes. Otherwise it's camping which means 28 days a year.


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Postby Darren » Thu Feb 18, 2010 6:53 pm

a useful website http://www.tlio.org.uk/chapter7/woodland.html#Forestry


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Postby James M » Thu Feb 18, 2010 7:01 pm

1968 Caravan Sites Act


13:-


(1) A structure designed or adapted for human habitation which


(a) is composed of not more than two sections separately constructed and designed to be assembled a site by means of bolts, clamps or other devises; and


(b) is, when assembled, physically capable of being moved by road from one place to another (whether by being towed, or by being transported on a motor vehicle or trailer),


shall not be treated as not being (or as not having been) a caravan within the meaning of Part 1 of the Caravans Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 by reason only that it cannot lawfully be so moved on a highway when assembled.


(2) For the purposes of Part 1 of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 the expression `caravan' shall not include a structure designed or adapted for human habitation which falls within paragraphs (a) and (b) of the foregoing sub-section if its dimensions when assembled exceed any of the following limits, namely


(a) length (exclusive of any draw bar) 60 ft (18.288 metres);


(b) width 20 ft (6.096 metres);


(c) overall height of living accommodation measured internally from the floor of the lowest level to the ceiling of the highest level 10 ft (3.048 metres)


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Postby wood troll » Thu Feb 18, 2010 7:32 pm

Hi Folks,

Thought you might be interested in this link as you are discussing when a house is not a house or when it is a caravan....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbRvsWuWNUM

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Postby tracy » Fri Feb 19, 2010 8:48 am

Love it! What a fabulous little house ;-)


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