Pitching on your drive

[Dave_374327202]

Hi, this is my first post as a virgin caravan owner and before anyone condemns me for asking I dont know so I thought I would ask!

My partner and I are in the 'long term' process of planning our wedding next July and also renting out our city apartment with the view of selling and buying our family home.

In the meantime we are thinking of living in the caravan on a family owned driveway and wondered if anyone could answer some of these niggling questions;

1. Are there any legal reasons why this could not happen?

2. Could anyone object?

3. How do we go about connecting to the electricity and water supply?

4. How do the toilets works in such a scenario, is there any companies which collect?

5. What type of insurance policies are available?

Thats all for now, although if anyone else is or has done this in the past and can think of any information please feel free to suggest.

Thanks very much!

 

[Rita1]

It is lawful to live in a caravan parked on your own land (or, presumably upon the land of consenting relatives), for up to a maximum of 28 days in any 12 month period. Beyond this, planning permission might be required

Best you check with local authority 1st as people will complain once they see what you are doing And the estate may have a claus Stating no caravans

Rita

 

[JeremyClarksson]

There was a case in Somerset recently where they were trying to stop a woman letting a homeless man live in her caravan on her drive - not sure of the outcome, but the case was taking a long time and looked suspect anyway.

I would get your relatives to sense out the neighbours first because if they are unlikely to complain it would be unlikely there would be any action.

Toilets etc would be best used as onsite, toilets would either require the use of an outside loo or drain cover (waste not water run off) on the relatives premise (ours would be no good as it is in the garage floor).

Personally I would not want an inside loo to be used regularly for this purpose.

Water and hook up are much simpler although I would make sure that the EHU is protected by an RCD.

 

[Essexeddie]

We did this for a year while I built a house with two kids. Not easy as after a time you will get condensation problems [winter only]

We connected up to main drainage which was nessesary with four of us. Electric was no problem. Planning, we didn't, we had no neighbours and the Council turned a blind eye or they didn't realize.

Somtimes in life you have to just do it. It often doesn't pay to go the right way.

Edd