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Moveable Dwellings.
The following sites remained licensed under the Caravan Sites and
Control of Development Act, 196:-
1. The Riverhill Estate, the lease of which is held by a local
Sports Club and where 36 caravans are permitted.
2. One caravan in the orchard of a private house.
There are nine effective Orders under the Surrey County Council
Act in force in the Borough prohibiting the parking of moveable dwellings.
As in previous years, some trouble was caused by itinerant caravandwellers
who, in contravention of this law, placed their vehicles on
open land in the Borough and were reluctant to move on. These families
are either passing to or from race meetings at Epsom Downs or enter the
district for the purpose of tar Macadaming garden paths and drives. In
neither case do they intend to stay permanently in the area and the
Borough has been free from the nuisance experienced in other parts of
the country from this type of land occupation.