If I park a caravan in my driveway can someone live in it…or is it illegal to do that.Please if anyone knows
If it’s your driveway and your caravan and they are not wanted criminals, what’s the problem?
what about local council…will they object!!
possibly…
I am not a gypsy…
easyrider, you are the third person to be ejected from Big Mama’s House, pack your things, go and live in the caravan 
Yeah I am planning for when my wife kicks me out…
Check this out … http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=960997
I’m sure you need some sort of planning permission to actually live in it.
…“to use a caravan for an additional bedroom (i.e. if it’s not being used as an independent dwelling) is lawful; to use it as an independent dwelling is unlawful. It’s not illegal though (there’s a big difference between illegal and unlawful) - it only becomes illegal once an enforcement notice has been served and not complied with.”
A basic rule is, if it cannot be taxed, the local authorities won’t like it.
Rules change so I’m not sure if this still holds.
Years back I had a battle with a Local Planning Authority on behalf of a self builder living in a caravan on his own land while he got on with building a proper home.
As recall:
Caravans can only stay in one place for six months, less 1 day or they attract Council Tax.
Even if you pay the tax you are still breaking Planning law.
OCCASSIONAL occupancy of the caravan is lawful during the six months period.
Yup. Your stuffed one way or the other.
hmmmmmmmmmm Pikey’s a-cometh?
Do you wanna buy a Dag ? 
So you will be now known as pikeyrider.
Interesting thread.
I don’t suppose anyone has any lucky heather or peg bags I could purchase?
Before you ask easyrider… i don’t need my drive tarmac’d either:cool:
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you need planning to live in a caravan or any new dwelling, but with the new laws regarding travellors the council is getting very uncomfortable about enforcing such issues. I am fighting them on the very same topic, we have a caravan park 1 mile from me, owned by the council, people come and go and live there fairly freely. I put two caravans on my land and they were trying to stop me using them…I am still using them two years on…
As I understand it using it as an extra bedroom is ok. You don’t need permission. If you cook in it, and that includes boiling a kettle, it then becomes classed as a dwelling and that’s a whole new ball game. Sister used a caravan as an extra bedroom for her eldest, but she lives in Bristol. These rules/laws are not the same for each local autority and are governed by local by-laws so check with your local council.:)