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Caravan Parks

Scott Seedell
Hi folks.

Got a job at present where we have a caravan park with 300+ caravans that need testing. For those with experience, how do you guys set the intervals for such sites? The guidance notes state that the test frequency for caravan parks should be 12 monthly and that caravans themselves are 3 years (though there is an argument for any static caravans being 5 yearly) so we wouldn’t be looking to reduce this. The problem being how the site is to be split up and what constitutes the ‘caravan park’ and what constitutes the rest of the site. The regs don’t really help with this (Part 2 just terms a caravan park as ‘an area of land containing two or more caravan pitches’).

Those that have done this before, how do you guys split this up? I can’t see the point in two reports to be honest as it would be a nightmare to log and differentiate (plus even more of a nightmare for anyone trying to trace it out for remedials etc).  A single report seems to be the logical route with everything logged on it and the different test frequencies stipulated - though clearly this will have to be explained to the client or they’ll assume everything is 36 monthly. I don't see any other feasible way of achieving this.

Interestingly, does anyone know why caravan parks are 12 monthly? I’m surmising that there is a higher historical accident rate at such sites (due to a number of different reasons) and that they’ve just responded accordingly.

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    Are these caravan pitches of the kind where a different family rocks up with their caravan behind them each week and plugs it in, or the kind where the things only really have wheels for tax purposes, and never move for years. If the latter are the occupants owner occupiers, paying a small site fee, or do they rent the caravans from the site owners, and if so is it long term (all year round) or just holiday letting?

    I ask because not only does  this affect how often the caravans are unplugged, or indeed if they are hard wired, but also  who owns what follows from this, and close behind is who pays for what, and that is probably the strongest informant of how the job is best partitioned, and also what is a sensible test interval for which bits.
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    Based on experience rather than the regs I'd suggest that things used by many different people tend to be less well cared for than things than have a single user - especially one who has some 'ownership' of it. So if you do need to split things up I'd suggest things used by the "campers" on one side (pitch hookups, things in the toilets/shower block and so on) with a more frequent inspections while things electrical the campers don't get to mess with - perhaps the site office and site manager's accommodation - could manage with less frequent inspections.


      - Andy.

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