How many is too many on a CL?

frontdoorlocked replied on 14/04/2017 17:23

Posted on 14/04/2017 17:23

My apologies if this has been said before but I'm posting on my mobile and its not the easiest to search/navigate discussions.

Ok so, we are currently on a CL for the Easter weekend, (we booked a couple of months ago and who is to say we weren't one of the first 5 people to book). w'Ahen we arrived yesterday we were the fourth outfit on site. We've come back from a trip out this afternoon to find 3 more outfits here. That is 7 in total! The field is big enough and there are plenty of electric hook ups available, so space isn't an issue. But the owner is obviously breaking the rules.

My questions are, is 7 too many? And would you complain? Who if you choose to would you complain to? 

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JVB66 replied on 14/04/2017 17:32

Posted on 14/04/2017 17:32

Yes it is to many, and by the sounds of it not unusual if there are at least Seven  hookups,an email to the stes dep at the club should alert them to it and help safeguard the CL network from the club's exemption certificate being revoked

DavidKlyne replied on 14/04/2017 17:45

Posted on 14/04/2017 17:45

You could always write a review of the CL and mention the number of units on site in that, but just as an aside rather than it being the main point of the review?

David

eurortraveller replied on 14/04/2017 17:58

Posted on 14/04/2017 17:58

"The field is big enough and there are plenty of electric hook ups available".

 

Navigateur replied on 14/04/2017 18:23

Posted on 14/04/2017 18:23

This situation is worrying. The exemption is for up to 5 caravans (trailer and motor combined) though there can be an additional exemption for tents but as far as I know this particular club does not have any.

So the landowner's public liability insurance is probably invalid, as is the site being licenced, which may affect the insurance of those pitched there (I'll not risk calling them "members" as they may well not be). The space may well seem big but so is the liability.  Please put in a review, and DO make the numbers a major point so the rest of us are forewarned.

Takethedogalong replied on 14/04/2017 18:24

Posted on 14/04/2017 18:24

Should only be 5 outfits on, however......

Before you complain, check carefully that it is just a CL, and not a CL with either a small private site adjacent, or a CL, with a CS adjacent. They can and do exist, quite legitimately. 

Tinwheeler replied on 14/04/2017 18:42

Posted on 14/04/2017 18:42

The big risk is that CLs exceeding their limit could lead to the club losing it's right to grant exemption certificates to any site.

IanH replied on 14/04/2017 19:05

Posted on 14/04/2017 19:05

In answer to the op.......6 would be too many.

You should name the CL so that others can avoid it.

Cherokee2015 replied on 14/04/2017 19:12

Posted on 14/04/2017 19:12

Increasingly more common I'm afraid. More than 5 is too many for us - we choose CL's because they are only 5 vans.  We use one in North Yorkshire whuch regularly has 7+ on but much as I'd like to drive away the chances of getting in elsewhere at short notice as slim.

IanH replied on 14/04/2017 19:20

Posted on 14/04/2017 19:20

Again Moonstone......name that site.

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