Residents living on a static caravan park in Aberystwyth , Wales, may be forced to leave the park after it emerges that their pitches did not have planning permission.
The BBC has reported that owners of the caravan park have applied for retrospective planning permission and also claim that the local Ceredigion Council, had known about all permanent static caravan residents since 1987.
However, the council claim that the park in question, Aberystwyth Holiday Village, was given permission for 24 permanent static caravans. They became aware of the current situation in 2007 — there are now 68 permanent static residences on the site.
The park owners are understandably concerned with the council’s recent request that a planning application be made. A member of staff pointed out that the council ‘has been happy to take council tax of these residents all these years and now suddenly they’ve changed their mind.’
Residents are now panicked that they have to leave their home and move to another static park for six weeks of the year. It is also possible that their static caravan insurance may be compromised if the land was built on without permission. The caravan park and it residents are now waiting to hear from the council.
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