Are CLs strictly for 5 caravans

Unfortunately yes it is, but can lead to loss of license.

The short answer is that there should only be 5 and any CL that takes more than 5 should be reported to the Club.  Taking more than 5 units is against the terms of the act and could, ultimately put the system in jeopardy.

However, I have heard talk of cases where there are two CL's next door to each other and owned by the same people!!  

David 

Overcrowding is quite rampant.We wre on a site last year that had multiple connction leads on the EHU.The most were 8 vans on one night. The rule is 50+ years old. Its difficult to make a Cl pay and honestly would you turn a van away particularly at peak times when the site has been empty for most of the year.The local authorities, Nat Parks dont have the resources to monitor, In fact I know of owners who have used the overcrowding reason to argue in the Nat Park for extra units as they move to commercial status. There will be a lot of teeth gnashing following this but you have to live in the real world

Mongoose and Fisherman.  This topic has been endlessly debated here on CT.  Please refer to previous threads.  As DSB has said, if you find a CL with more than 5 vans on it, please report it to the CL team at HQ.

What's with this attitude to report everyone. It saddens me that a bit of common sense can't be used, surely on a large cl site a blind eye could be turned to an extra van. I know what the rules are but we have all bent different rules to suit in our lives. A cl site I visited recently could have had ten vans on and still had more space than a club site, would it really have hurt if the odd night they had had an extra van, not really but it might be the difference between that cl staying open or closing. Either way I'm not becoming a grass on someone just trying to make a few quid.

I feel the same.The site with 8 vans was more than adequate. Live & let Live. Never entered my head to report it. Maybe its the Ostriches with their heads  in the sand that need to reasses, and consider why all the closures.

I feel the same.The site with 8 vans was more than adequate. Live & let Live. Never entered my head to report it. Maybe its the Ostriches with their heads  in the sand that need to reasses, and consider why all the closures.

Sorry but I don't get this reasoning. If that CL has 8 vans then there is probably another nearby that could do with the extra 3 bookings. It is that other site that could face closure surely? If everyone stuck to 5 there would be enough pitches, and business, for everyone.

There is a CL that I know of near Dover that caters mainly for the ferry traffic. It could esily accomodate far more than five units and has enough EHUs for probably 20.  We have been there when there has been more than five but I was told by the owner that the local council turn a blind eye as they would sooner the caravans / motorhomes be on the CL rather than parking on the roads in the town.

There is also the problem that outfits are coming and going at all sorts of times during the day and night which means that at times there can be more than five but at other times far less depending on ferry times causing an overlap of visitors. In reality I expect most are there for far less than twentyfour hours.

In this instance I think the CL is providing a service to caravanners and to the local area rather than being greedy.

I have to disagree oakapple my choice of cl would first be is it in an area I wish to visit or tour around,then I would look for reviews on cl and Google local surroundings.

on arrival you can see immediately if it's ok. If it has more than 5 units on it, providing there is plenty of room and enough facility's to cope,that would not concern me at all. In fact that would lead me to think the cl owner was in a very good spot or supplieing value for money.

If a cl in the vicinity that is empty or only part filled, it is either not in as good a spot,costing to much or not run as clean or efficient as the over full one. 

As I have said providing the cl is not cramming them in for pure profit I don't have a problem, and most certainly would not report a well run cl due to a small excess of units.

I was taught, at an early age, never to tell tales.