enforcement notice

[furkin2000]

I own a small camping and caravan certificated site and like to stay on it in a caravan myself i am allowed to stay for upto 28 days and somtimes do so i now have the council on my back saying i live on here and have given me an enforcement order saying i have to stop living on it and remove my caravan i have a permanent address and have spoken to the enforcement officers but they are fixed on the fact that i live there and not on there for leisure how can anyone define leisure any answers will be appreciated.
cheers steve

[Count-A-Strong]

Can you not just send them a couple of utility bills? your council tax bill would be irrefutable evidence.

[buildersmate]

I think you will find that it is isn't just you that can reside in your caravan for up to 28 days - it is the caravan as well. In other words, unless you have planning consent for permanently located vans for leisure use, you are going to have move the van off the site as least every 28 days. For how long you need to do this, I'm not sure.
The fact you can prove you have another permanent address is irrelevant - if the council failed to issue you with an enforcement notice you would eventually gain rights for a permanent residence on that site - and we wouldn't want that now would we?

[furkin2000]

thanks for that builders mate we do tour with the caravan but the our address is a pub resturant that is run by my daugher and son inlaw and when we moved in late last october we did,nt bother going on the electorall role and as for the uitility bills they are in my daughters name for the pub and all this seems to be giving the enforcement officer more ammunition any answers gladly appreciated

[buildersmate]

So you can understand how the enforcement officer has come to the conclusion that you are treating it as your permanent residence?