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Item SH 14/26 referred from Strategic Housing Advisory Board minutes of 10 November 2014

(Item SH 14/26 referred from Strategic Housing Advisory Board Minutes of 10 November 2014)

Consideration of recommendations to the Cabinet from the Strategic Housing Advisory Board of 10 November 2014.

The Cabinet resolved that:

The recommendations of the Strategic Housing Advisory Board be approved as follows:

1)            an application fee of £335 be charged for processing a new caravan site licence for a relevant protected site;

2)            an application fee of £110 be charged for the transfer of a licence to a different licence holder for a relevant protected site;

3)            no charge be applied for alterations to existing site licence conditions attached to a caravan site licence;

4)            a fee of £60 be charged for administering the deposit of site rules, maintaining and publishing the site rules online; and

5)            a consultation exercise be undertaken with residents and site owners on the four larger relevant protected sites identified in paragraph 1.2.6 of the report to determine their view regarding annual compliance monitoring of site licence conditions detailed in paragraph 1.3.5 of the report and the charging of a fee for this function.  The findings of the consultation exercise be reported to a future meeting of the Strategic Housing Advisory Board. 

Item SH 14/26 referred from Strategic Housing Advisory Board Minutes of 10 November 2014

Decision Notice D150007CAB

The joint report of the Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health and the Cabinet Member for Housing provided an update on the recent changes to legislation surrounding caravan site licensing on permanent residential caravan sites.  The report set out details of a proposed Fees Policy in respect of charges for applications or transferring site licences and for monitoring compliance with caravan site licence conditions.  The Board noted that, since 4 February 2014, an owner of a relevant protected site wishing to enforce site rules was required to deposit a copy of the site rules with the Council and that the Council should create an up-to-date register of site rules and publish this on line. 

RECOMMENDED:  That the Cabinet commend the following to the Council

(1)  an application fee of £335 be charged for processing a new caravan site licence for a relevant protected site;

(2)  an application fee of £110 be charged for the transfer of a licence to a different licence holder for a relevant protected site;

(3)  no charge be applied for alterations to existing site licence conditions attached to a caravan site licence;

(4)  a fee of £60 be charged for administering the deposit of site rules, maintaining and publishing the site rules online; and

(5)  a consultation exercise be undertaken with residents and site owners on the four larger relevant protected sites identified in paragraph 1.2.6 of the report to determine their view regarding annual compliance monitoring of site licence conditions detailed in paragraph 1.3.5 of the report and the charging of a fee for this function.  The findings of the consultation exercise be reported to a future meeting of the Strategic Housing Advisory Board. 

* Referred to Cabinet