How many is too many on a CL?

It was a good response however I do find it rather disappointing that it has taken HO so long to reply to the OP posted at Easter.  If this is the "renowned online community" I think it needs to have more input from HO.  Does anyone agree?  Unless I have missed any official input - in which case I apologise but it seems very rare.

Should it not be automatic 😉? Does that mean that adding imagines is just as difficult for HO as it is for CT members 😂😂

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Hi Pippah45

I have recently joined the CL Department just over 2 months ago, part of my role is to monitor the CL Discussions to help the Community Manager and the rest of the social media team and answer as many questions/posts as I can. 

I apologise that it has taken a long time to get a response - I will be aiming to improve that moving forward. 

Thanks

Maddie

Hi Bakers2

I believe I tend to be an IT phenomenon (and not always in a good way) wherever I work!  But nothing that can't be fixed soon. 

Thanks

Maddie 

It's good to be unique 😆. 

When I reported a site near Tenby, complete with photgraphs, showing 7 units I got yhe reply that the CMC would send in the Field Team but I would not get any further response as to the outcome.

Probably won't bother next time if CMC can't be bothered to let me know the result of my complaint

Is it, perhaps, time that the conditions for a CL were looked at and possibly modified? As it stands at the moment a CL, whatever its ground area, can only have 5 vans at any one time. For some CLs this number is a bit cramped but for many others the number could be increased by two or three or even more and there still be lots of room between units. What should determine the number is the size of the area available for pitching excluding any adjacent woodland, play areas or ponds etc where pitching isn't allowed / possible. (This also should apply to CC main sites where the overall area of the site is currently quoted I believe).

Certainly some CLs do bend the rules a bit. One in Devon that we stopped at had five vans on when we arrived mid afternoon and so we couldn't site the van on the pitch. Apparently the owner had told the occupants of one of the five that they could stay as late as they wanted before leaving. They arrived back very late afternoon without any apology to us that we couldn't get set up. What annoyed almost as much was that they took their time getting packed up, having a cup of tea before they started. Another in Cornwall had 'family' come to stay for the weekend. There were already six 'vans on site when they arrived. In this particular instance, there was still plenty of room.

To me, it seems that '5 caravans only' is a bit of an arbitrary number based on nothing at all.

Although we have stayed on some CLs where we have been the only occupants for much of the week, comments on CT suggest that more members are shunning the main sites in favour of CLs. With more and more closing, possibly for economic reasons, perhaps now is the time for a look at the number of units allowed on a CL by CL basis.

JohnM20- I so agree with you but would not expect any response from HO. They have their head in the sand despite the continual decrease in Cl numbers.

Just hope you are good at holding your breath😜😂