 The caravan site is now under the new ownership of Vale Holiday Parks who took it over this year on the provision that former owner Phil Edwards would end the permanent living issue. In the UK it is illegal to live on a holiday park in a caravan permanently without a primary residence elsewhere. The temporary home should be used for recreation and holiday use only and does not require council tax payment. Doug, 73, and Pam, 77, are part of a small group of people who left in June after coming to an out of court settlement with Mr Edwards costing tens of thousands of pounds. But they insist say they were unaware they were living on the park illegally. The couple say they paid £120 a month in council tax each year to the Vale of Glamorgan Council, which showed they were living on the park permanently. All their payments to the council showed th){kind=link}
Doug Davis and Pam Donovan are among a group of residents who were asked to leave to leave their caravans in Porthkerry leisure park after living there ‘illegally’ for two decades
A couple forced to leave their caravan park home after living there ‘illegally’ for 20 years.
Doug Davis and Pam Donovan lived in the home at Porthkerry leisure park and paid council tax on their standard van.
They are among a group of residents who have been asked to leave to leave their homes after living there ‘illegally’ for two decades.
WalesOnline reports the Welsh Government asked owners to leave the site and return to their main homes during the first Covid lockdown in 2020.