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The basic cost of these is a problem that puts the price up. The clubs have to find and get permission for these short term sites, which gives them an upfront cost not encountered to the same extent by permanent sites. Once you have this you have to bring in the temporary power supply and get it removed later and find the people to run it, and again this costs more and has to be recovered over a fairly short time scale.
What you have is a site that costs far more to run per pitch than the normal sites, but can work in areas of high demand in the high season. It will still be cheaper to visit than many commercial sites at that time, but with less facilities but meets a short term demand, it is not a rip of but simply a reflection of the costs of providing that service. If you are not prepared to pay for the site then you do not have to go. It is on offer but it is up to you where you go.
They also need to pay the land owner for usage of their land. I am not sure about it being cheaper than many commercial sites with more facilities in the same vicinity and even the CAMC site in New Forest as it seems the pop ups are available before the high season, but also in the high season.
The other one starts before the high season and goes into the high season, but I am not familiar with that area.
We would only use CLs in high season or adult only sites. Some adult only sites have the same price all year round.