"Economic genocide" in the uk?

[Mortblanc]

We have several loopholes in the laws over here regarding what you call "caravans".

Here we are allowed 120 days use annually on the same location and they can not be listed as a primary dwelling.

What folks do here is Move the caravan.

Hitch it up once a month and tow it to a dump station. Dump the sewage, fill the water tanks and keep your receipt. That receipt proves the caravan was moved off the property, meaning it has not been in that same location for 120 days. Some folks also take time dated pictures proving the caravan was moved from one side of the lot to the other.

What I used to do was tow to a well equipped public RV park and spend the weekend. When I returned from that weekend I always had 120 days ahead of me if needed. I had a nice park about 10 miles from the lot so my tows were never difficult and I often never unhitched from the truck.

I lived in one for a year while I was building a house and I lived in another for 3 months while building the place I am in now. That last caravan is still on the lot and functional.

The one I have now was purchased as basic shelter, but the previous one was a luxury model 35' long with full bath, double bed, living room and a full kitchen. I sold it when I finished my house.

If the caravan is on your own property, and there is a house on the property, it does not have to be moved at all.

Inside urban areas the laws are different, Caravan must be parked on a concrete slab, not used for habitation, not hooked to utilities....

If you can only stay in the caravan for 28 days out of any calendar year on agri-land I must ask who is counting and HOW are they counting? Over here we have a series of regulations called "stalking laws" and all it takes to get them enforced is to be made feel "frightened or unsecure". Proving someone has been spying you for 28 straight days would fill that requirement! That would be especially true if they had to go out of their way to make sure you were in or out.

I had one friend that bought agri-land and immediately built a 10' privacy fence and parked his caravan inside. There was room for his vehicle inside the fence and he came and went as he pleased. He had a nice setup with redwood deck for a porch and a hot tub outside. Container garden on the deck, trees in big pots.

Another friend bought land and built a pole barn and parked his caravan inside that, along with his truck and tractor. He homestead farmed that land, often working the fields until late at night and absolutely no one ever questioned him about his actions. He had a well and a gray water pit, but towed the rig to the park every two weeks or so to dump the sewage, so people saw him towing on and off the property constantly and I do not think they really cared.

Like I said, we have a name for people that can not mind their own business over here, they are called "stalkers".