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15/2/2015 at 4:35pm
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Hi
Does anybody by any chance know of any sites in Dorset where I can pitch a touring caravan and live in it for up to 11 months. All I can seem to find is park home sites that allow residential and I'm not looking to buy a park home.
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18/2/2015 at 11:49am
 Location: Ayrshire
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I'd search for a site listed in UKCS that's open all year (your need for 11 months may be a problem), then book a pitch for a month and renew the booking each month, even if  you have to move to another site for a week and come back.


19/2/2015 at 9:03am
 Location: Anywhere & Everywher
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I think you are only allowed to stay for 21 or 28 days at a time, but you may find a privately owned site that will let you stay.


20/2/2015 at 10:51am
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if any site lets you stay longer than their license states then they may well be risking their License. Most sites have 28 day ruling imposed on them by their local councils.

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22/2/2015 at 1:17am
 Location: Doncaster-Yorks
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ah but you can move off for one day then back for another 28

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22/2/2015 at 10:59pm
 Location: Bristol
 Outfit: Bailey Pageant Champagne & C-max
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I seem to remember meeting some people who spent the whole season at Golden Cap near West Bay. It might be worth an enquiry.

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25/2/2015 at 12:02pm
 Location: manchester
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what about a seasonal pitch they give up to 10 months some of them look in uk campsite for seasonal pitches or google it .It may throw something up

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26/2/2015 at 1:54pm
 Location: Devon
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A lot of sites seem very relaxed about living year round on site. A Friend of mine lives in a static on a site year round when it is meant to be a holiday site.

The site shuts down for a couple of weeks of the year in the winter when everyone visits friends or goes on holiday (I like the irony of going on holiday from a holiday site!!) and then return. So it is very dooable.

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“...reality, however utopian, is something from which people feel the need of taking pretty frequent holidays....”


01/3/2015 at 9:08am
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Quote: Originally posted by maggie51 on 25/2/2015
what about a seasonal pitch they give up to 10 months some of them look in uk campsite for seasonal pitches or google it .It may throw something up



Seasonal pitches are fine, you leave your van there for the duration but persons are still restricted to 28 days!


02/3/2015 at 8:42am
 Location: Langport Somerset
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Our license is 28 days on and then 28 days off (not 1 day), a lot of councils are doing this to stop people living on holiday sites

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03/3/2015 at 12:35am
 Location: Doncaster-Yorks
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(Our license is 28 days on and then 28 days off)

Does this apply to Caravan Club and c&cc sites as well though
what kind of a site is yours ang?

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03/3/2015 at 9:53am
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We are a privately owned site - and South Somerset DC issue our license and put their own regulations on it.
Each park will vary and each council can vary. Its always best to check directly with individual parks.

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04/3/2015 at 12:33am
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just looking at caravan club handbook.
Page 273 4A---
The maximum time you're allowed to stay on site is 21 consecutive nights,with a 2 night gap before you can return to the same site.
not checked c&cc but probably similar.

Tony

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04/3/2015 at 11:24pm
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checked camping & caravanning club site book for anybody interested p570 3.6 quote--

On all of our sites the maximum stay allowed is 28 days after which time your pitch must be vacated for 24hrs before you can return to the pitch

Tony

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