Call for evidence outcome

Review of park homes legislation: call for evidence part 2

From:
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
Published
28 November 2017
Last updated
22 October 2018 — See all updates

Applies to England

This call for evidence has closed

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Review of park homes legislation: government response

Ref: ISBN 978-1-4098-5328-2

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Review of park homes legislation: call for evidence part 2 - summary of responses

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Detail of outcome

The document sets out the government’s response to the two part review of park homes legislation.

It sets out proposals to strengthen the existing legislation to:

  • improve residents’ rights
  • give local authorities more enforcement powers to tackle rogue site owners
  • work with the sector to raise awareness of rights and responsibilities of residents
  • develop and disseminate best practice amongst local authorities.

Summary of responses to part 2 of the call for evidence.

Original call for evidence

Summary

This call for evidence seeks views about the effectiveness of the Mobile Homes Act 2013.

This call for evidence ran from
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Call for evidence description

The Mobile Homes Act 2013 made significant changes to the law on park homes. The government gave a commitment to review this in 2017. The review is in the form of a 2 part call for evidence.

Part 1 was published on 12 April 2017 and called for evidence on fairness of charges, the transparency of site ownership and on experience of harassment. A summary of responses to Part 1 has been published.

Part 2 is a call for evidence on:

  • how effective local authority licensing has been
  • how well the procedures for selling mobile homes, making site rules and pitch fee reviews are working
  • whether “fit and proper” controls need to be applied in the sector
  • the appropriate index (CPI or RPI) to be used when carrying out a pitch fee review

We are also seeking views on the Park Homes Working Group’s recommendations on how local authorities can be assisted further in their licensing functions.

Documents

Review of park homes legislation: call for evidence part 2

Ref: ISBN 978-1-4098-5149-3

PDF, 396 KB, 23 pages

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Published 28 November 2017
Last updated 22 October 2018 + show all updates

  1. Added government response.

  2. Added summary of responses.

  3. First published.