NCC Best Practice Guidance 03.2023 - Flipbook - Page 34
NCC BEST PRACTICE GUIDANCE
For Holiday Parks with
Holiday Caravans/Holiday Lodges
in Private Ownership
6. RESALE OF THE HOLIDAY CARAVAN/HOLIDAY LODGE OR GIVING
OR BEQUEATHING IT TO FAMILY MEMBERS – continued
6.2 GIVING OR BEQUEATHING THE HOLIDAY CARAVAN/HOLIDAY LODGE TO
FAMILY MEMBERS
STANDARD
GUIDANCE FOR HOLIDAY PARK
This is what the park owner/operator should
OWNERS/OPERATORS
do for you the holiday caravan/holiday lodge
This is what the park owner/operator should
owner
follow to meet the Standard opposite
Park owners/operators will ensure that your
Checks on a family member should be no
rights and the procedure for the giving or
different and no more onerous than those
bequeathing of the holiday caravan/holiday
you would conduct on a prospective owner
lodge by you are clearly stated in the Combined
buying directly from you. These checks
Purchase and Licence Agreement and
should not be used to block or hinder a
explained, including their prospective new
transfer of the Licence Agreement to occupy.
owner procedures.
When the checks are completed and
Where you are gifted the holiday caravan/holiday
satisfactory you will issue a new Licence
lodge you will tell the park owner/operator so
Agreement to the family member on no less
they can carry out relevant checks and issue
favourable terms for the unexpired period of
you with a fresh Licence Agreement for the
the original Licence Agreement.
unexpired period of the original Agreement.
As the new owner of the holiday caravan/
holiday lodge you will be subject to the same
financial and residential checks as a new owner
buying from the park owner/operator.
Remember that if your holiday caravan/holiday
lodge is gifted or bequeathed it cannot be used
by the beneficiaries (either your family or their
friends who may use it with their permission) as
their permanent residence and the park owner/
operator will carry out an initial and then annual
check for evidence of permanent residency, as
outlined in Appendices 1 and 2.
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