Residential Mobile Homes in Scotland

Appendix One: Local Authority Survey of Residential Mobile Homes

The Centre for Housing Policy at the University of York has been commissioned by the Scottish Government to undertake a study of residential mobile homes in Scotland. The last substantive research on this issue was conducted over 30 years ago. The Scottish Government Development Department require an up-to-date picture of the use of mobile homes as dwellings in Scotland and the further development of policy will be informed by the evidence that this research collects. Please note that this research is not looking for information on council owned Gypsy/Traveller sites. However, privately owned Gypsy/Traveller sites fall within the legislation under the Mobile Homes Act 1983, and we would like to include these sites in the research (see question 2).

This survey represents the first stage of the research which is to quantify the extent of mobile homes across Scotland. The specific aims of this survey are to:

• Identify the number, location and composition of licensed mobile homes sites (including local authority sites) throughout Scotland, and
• Where possible, identify unlicensed sites and quantify the extent of isolated single units, which may be exempt from licensing.

I should be very grateful if you would provide information for EACH site for which a site license has been granted within your authority.

Please could you return the form by Tuesday, 4 ^th April 2006 - Many thanks.

All information collected as part of this research will be treated with strict confidentiality, and anonymised in the report.

If you would like to post this form to me, then please use the following FREEPOST address:

Mark Bevan
Centre for Housing Policy,

or email to: mab13@york.ac.uk

If you have any queries about this survey, or about the research project in general, please do not hesitate to contact Mark Bevan on the above email or ring: 01904 321489.