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29/12/2011
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The Communities and Local Government Committee to carry out an inquiry into park homes
21 December 2011
New Inquiry and Call for evidence
Park Homes
The Communities and Local Government Committee has decided to carry out an inquiry into park homes. Earlier in the year the Government signalled its intention to carry out a consultation exercise on a package of measures, which have not yet emerged. The Committee sees its inquiry as identifying key concerns and, if necessary, examining the need for legislative changes.
The Committee invites submissions from interested parties, particularly those who live in park homes, site owners and local authorities with park homes within their areas, on the adequacy of the operation of the law as it affects park homes, on, for example:
- site fees;
- the awarding and revocation of site licences
- the regulation and enforcement of site license conditions;
- the need for the manager of a site to be a “fit and proper” person and the enforcement of this requirement;
- the regulation of parks owned by local authorities; • the protection of occupiers of park homes against harassment and illegal eviction; and
- resale of park homes and resale fees. Memoranda addressing any or all of these issues, in accordance with the guidelines set out below, are invited by 5pm on Wednesday, 1 February 2012.
Each submission should:
- be no more than 4,000 words in length;
- begin with a short summary in bullet point form;
- be in Word format with as little use of colour or logos as possible; and
- be accompanied by a covering letter or email containing the name and contact details of the individual or organisation submitting evidence.
A copy of the submission should be sent by e-mail to clgev@parliament.uk and marked "Park Homes".
It is helpful, for Data Protection purposes, for contact details not to be included in the text of submissions, but sent separately in a covering letter. You should be aware that there may be circumstances in which the House of Commons will be required to communicate information to third parties on request, in order to comply with its obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please also note that:
- Material already published elsewhere should not form the basis of a submission, but may be referred to within a proposed memorandum, in which case a hard copy of the published work may be included.
- Memoranda submitted should be kept confidential until formally accepted by the Committee. The Committee has authorised the publication by witnesses of their evidence, but such publication should await the formal acknowledgement of acceptance of the submission as evidence to the Committee.
- Once submitted, evidence is the property of the Committee. The Committee normally, though not always, chooses to make public the written evidence it receives, by publishing it on the internet (where it will be searchable), by printing it or making it available through the Parliamentary Record Office. If there is any information you believe to be sensitive you should highlight it and explain what harm you believe would result from its disclosure. The Committee will take this into account in deciding whether to publish or further disclose the evidence.
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15-12-2011
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AGM 2012
The 2012 AGM will be held on Sunday 22nd April at the De Vere Village Hotel in Maidstone.
For details please follow the link:
http://www.village-hotels.co.uk/hotels/maidstone/welcome
Please have your membership number handy.
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15-12-2011
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Wednesday December 21st on BBC1 TV 09.15
"Rip off Britain" featuring our old friend
Mr. Small. Site owner.
I believe it may be a "comedy"
Jim
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21-07-2011
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Owners Guilty of Safety Failures
Exposed wires, rutted roads and no emergency procedure noticeboard have led to fines totalling £6,500 for the owners of a North Cornwall Caravan Park.
Jeffres Small senior, 60, his wife Barbara Small, 58, and son Jeffrey Small junior, 38, owners of Planet Park, Dleabole, were found guilty of a health and safety breach and maintenance failures.
Fines imposed:
Small Senior - £5,000 + £2,893.50 costs
Small Junior - £1,000
Barbara Small - £500
all with a £15 surcharge.
All three - who operate 17 parks across the South West as J and B Small Park Homes and gave a business address at Beauford Park, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, Somerset - have previous convictions for similar offences.
Bodmin Magistrates ruled that the Smalls had:
* failed to comply by March 31, 2010, with an improvement notice about electrical works;
* did not, as required by their licence, display in a conspicuous place a noticeboard detailing emergency procedures and contact numbers;
* failed to maintain good repairs to roads on the park;
* did not provide suitable lighting for the roads, leaving bulbs and external covers missing and wires exposed. They had denied the charges and appeared before the court for a trial on June 17 in a case brought by Cornwall Council.
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04-07-2011
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Calor Gas County Court Judgement
We have received a copy of a County Court Judgment regarding an application to the Court by a resident requesting sight of the site owners Calor Gas Bill.
The District Judge made an Order as follows.
1) It is declared for the purposes of paragraph 22 [b] of Schedule 1 of the Mobile Homes Act 1983 (as amended) that the Claimant is entitled to copies of the documents in the possession of the Defendants which support and explain the current charges for LPG made by the Defendants to the Claimant. Such documents include those relating to the cost to the Defendants of LPG and of its supply to the Claimant.
2) The Defendants shall pay the costs of the Claimant.
Ofgem announced in June 2011 their intention to do a radical overhaul of the retail gas and electricity market.
NAPHR's comment, lets hope Ofgem don't forget the LPG market this time.
Jim.
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09-05-2011
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Newspaper Article regarding Planet Park, Cornwall
Trio to face trial in June
THREE people who plead not guilty to alleged maintenance and health and safety breaches at a North Cornwall caravan site are to face trial at Bodmin Magistrates' Court on June 17.
Barbara Small, 58, Jeffrey Small senior, 60, and Jeffrey Small junior, 38, who hold the licence for and are occupiers of land at Planet Park, Delabole, face the same six charges each.
The trio, of J and B Small Park Homes, Beauford Park, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, Somerset, are charged under the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 and the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 in the case being brought by Cornwall Council.
They deny failing to:
Clearly mark a water supply point at a chemical closet disposal site with a sign stating 'not drinking water';
Provide adequate surface drainage where roads and/or footpaths were provided at the site;
Provide suitable lighting for roads provided at the site;
Maintain the site in good repair;
Display in a conspicuous place a plan and notice setting out action to be taken in an emergency and showing where the emergency services can be contacted;
Arrange for a qualified electrician to repair and/or replace electrical items or require them to produce a completion certificate and send a copy of it to the council.
A case management hearing was held at Bodmin Magistrates' Court in the Smalls' absence with their legal representative on April 21.
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22-03-2011
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PHRAA Website
The following appeared on the PHRAA Website...
To all Park Homeonwers
URGENT NOTICE
IGNORE THIS WARNING AT YOUR PERIL
It is with deep regret that due to circumstances beyond our control, we have to announce that as from the 23rd November 2010 the officers of PHRAA will no longer be able to offer meaningful advice in all matters arising from the legal and operational working of the Mobile Homes Act 1983, including the recent 2004, 2006 amendments, as they apply to residential Park Mobile Homeowners nationwide.
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