Tingdene Marinas Ltd v Jaffe
Tingdene Marinas Ltd v Jaffe
- [2023] UKUT 16 (LC), Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber), 20 January 2023
A houseboat which comprised a wheeled caravan on a specially designed float and was moored at marina pursuant to a licence agreement was protected by the Mobile Homes Act 1983. Although the caravan and float could not be moved as a whole, the caravan could be rolled off the float and was therefore a mobile home for the purposes of s.1(1)(a) of the Act.
CARAVAN SITES
MOBILE HOMES ACT 1983
JUDGMENT
HOUSING
HOUSEBOATS
PLANNING PERMISSION
United Kingdom
A houseboat which comprised a wheeled caravan on a specially designed float and was moored at marina pursuant to a licence agreement was protected by the Mobile Homes Act 1983. Although the caravan and float could not be moved as a whole, the caravan could be rolled off the float and was therefore a mobile home for the purposes of s.1(1)(a) of the Act.
CARAVAN SITES
MOBILE HOMES ACT 1983
JUDGMENT
HOUSING
HOUSEBOATS
PLANNING PERMISSION
United Kingdom