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Are you leasing your house/garden from the Residents Association or is it your own garden? and do you own the freehold. If you own the freehold then I am sure that the residents association couldn't prevent you from keeping your caravan in your own garden if you own that land. What may be a sticking point is if access to your garden is via the communal part of the land that the residents association own.

Polite dialogue is so important request a meeting of the residents association state your case and circumstances and ask maybe for a vote. Once people are in a setting like that it is far harder for them to object in person.

Failing that you may have to seek proper legal advice or maybe go and speak to the CAB. Some local solicitors offfer free advice for 30 mins as a way to advertise their business. We have used that option once to return a faulty car and the advice we received in those 30 mins worked

I would think that you are probably on a loser in trying to park it on communal land with the covenants in place.  To be honest I think you have to look at it from both points of view - what if a whole bunch of residents decided to buy vans and park them up there, it could end up looking like a campsite.

As for parking it on your own garden, the same covenants would apply but unless the residents or the Housing Association were prepared to fund a legal action against you, which would probably cost a fortune, you may well be okay to go ahead provided you have private access that didn't involve towing it over anyone else's property or the communal land.

Personally I wouldn't risk leaving a van parked up on the highway - that is likely to annoy neighbours more than leaving it where you are now, and runs the risk of plod getting involved. 

Quote: Originally posted by richardstolemysoul on 06/11/2014

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Please can someone tell me if there is ANY way around this.

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