Mobile Home Sites

[Dinnertime Dave]

To pick up on Tom's reply and clarify my post.

As an FSO I have done joint inspection on Sites ( park homes) but housing officer leads. Other inspections were on caravans used by farm workers. These were used to house either a family (Housing act was used) or 2 or 3 people not related lived (used FSO). In truth no difference in what was asked for.

I would say that Housing officer was very keen on spacing wanting to move vans that were .2m under minimums, Causing much anger to the farmer and much amusement of me.

[kurnal]

In response to Tom I was curious to understand why some might take the view that the Fire Safety Order does not to apply to a mobile home park with no communal areas as such and where all park homes are owner occupied.  I thought that some may consider such a site to be no different to a housing estate.

I would argue that one significant reason the Order applies is that the mobile home park site itself has a boundary or curtilage that is clearly defined - it must be as it is subject to licensing. The land comprising the site must therefore be considered as premises, and in accordance with the definitions in Article 2 the Order applies.