Residential caravan sites

Permanent residential sites, known as relevant protected sites, are caravan parks which have planning permission to have residents living there as their main residence throughout the year. A holiday park isn't a protected site.

Any site for the sole use of the owner and their families and not run for financial gain is exempt.

Site rules

Most residential caravan sites have rules that are prepared by the site owner to ensure acceptable standards are maintained for the benefit of both owners and residents. Owners need to consult their residents about the site rules they wish to introduce and if residents do not agree with these, they can appeal the decision to a tribunal.

Once the rules have been agreed they must be provided to us to publish on our website. Please see the table below for residential park site rules in County Durham.

Park	Site rules
Durham Park	Durham Caravan Park Site Rules (PDF, 94.5kb)
Evergreen Park	Evergreen Caravan Park Site Rules (PDF, 1.1mb)
Finchale Abbey Park	Finchale Abbey Caravan Park Site Rules (PDF, 1.4mb)
Fineburn Park	Fineburn Caravan Park Site Rules (PDF, 846.1kb)
Low Carrs Park	Low Carrs Caravan Park Site Rules (PDF, 1.0mb)
Prospect Place Park	Prospect Place Park Caravan Site Rules (PDF, 1.3mb)

Please note: Site rules are provided to us by individual residential caravan sites. If you require any of these documents in an alternative format please contact us.

We cannot object to site rules. If you disagree with the rules in place for your site you will need to seek legal advice.

Site owners

Under the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 if any part of your land is to be used as a residential caravan site you must first get a Caravan and camping site licence from us.