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sion of planning permission cannot be refused a site licence which
will remain valid for such period as planning permission is granted
subject to observance of the site licence conditions.
In deciding what conditions to attach to a site licence a local
authority must have regard to the Model Standards specified by
the Minister.
Provision is made for appeal against the conditions of a site
licence and subject to this proviso penalties may be imposed for
failure to comply with licence conditions.
Four applications were received for site licences in respect
of existing sites only one of which was in possession of planning
permission which expires in December, 1961. The three remaining
applications were referred to the Planning Authority for consideration.
The case of a single caravan was still under consideration
at the end of the year and planning permission was granted for a
period of five years in respect of a site for two caravans at
Coulsdon Common. In the remaining case, that of an application
in respect of Dean Lane Park, Dean Lane, Merstham, where approximately
160 caravans were stationed on the site at the commencement
of the Act, the Caravan Sub-Committee of the County
Planning Committee acting under delegated powers, resolved as
follows:—
(a) that permission be granted for the retention of the caravan
site on land at Dean Lane, Alderstead Heath, Merstham,
as described in applications COU.6722/3, for a temporary
period of three years, subject to a condition that where
a person or family ceases to dwell in a caravan stationed
on the land at the date of this permission, their place
shall not be taken by any other person or family, or where
a caravan is taken away from a site it shall not be
brought back or replaced, and
(b) the Surrey Town & Country Planning Committee issue
a direction to the Coulsdon & Purley Urban District
Council requiring them to attach a condition to the site
licence to be issued in respect of the Dean Lane Caravan
Site with the object of securing the running down of the
site by natural wastage, and that the site licence shall also
contain a condition requiring the site operator to maintain
a site register giving particulars of the occupants of
the caravans and of the caravans on the site, and such
other matters as may be considered desirable for ensuring
compliance with the condition regarding the natural
wastage of the site.
The reasons for the limitation of consent referred to in Part
(a) hereof are —
(i) that this type of development is out of place in the Metropolitan
Green Belt;
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