Licensing of Caravan Sites in Scotland - An Analysis of Consultation Responses

Footnotes

1. The consultation documents are available from the Scottish Government website at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/05/6927

2. The consultation documents are available from the Scottish Government website at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/05/6927

3. Suggested comments appeared to have been made available to site residents, who then used these suggested comments to submit their own response.

4. Both Consumer Scotland and Park Homes Legislation Action Group have collected information on the location of park homes and have passed this information on the Scottish Government.

5. An organisation established to serve and represent the interests of the British parks industry and whose members include owners and managers of park home estates.

6. A trade association which represents the collective interests of the 'tourer', motor home, and holiday and residential park industries.'

7. A direct-member business organisation which campaigns for an economic and social environment which allows small businesses to grow and prosper.

8. A member organisation that represents the interests of both land managers and land-based businesses in rural Scotland.

9. Some of the respondents that indicated they wished their submission to be taken as a response from an individual also gave information which suggested they own or manage sites, but in line with the respondents' wishes these have been considered as individual responses within the analysis. However, where no respondent information form was submitted, but respondents made it clear that they were operating a business, these responses have been treated as group responses. To protect the respondents' privacy, these respondents have not been named within the appendix.

10. A full list of all information required is set out at paragraph 4.5 of the Consultation Document.

11. This respondent noted that they were not aware of this being a particular issue in Scotland.

12. As these respondents did not answer Question 11 specifically, they are included within the 'did not answer' figure in Tables 16 and 17. Based on their comments, however, it may reasonably be inferred that most would have answered 'yes' at Question 11 if they had completed the standard form.

13. Paragraph 4.22 of the consultation document reads as follows:
" It is proposed to amend this provision to require the licensing authority to notify the applicant of the approval or decline of the licence as soon as practicable after the decision has been made, unless the parties agree between them in writing to extend the period the local authority has in which to reach their decision".