Can you live in a caravan or mobile home on your land?
This pack works out your legal route with an interactive eligibility check, explains the law in plain English across 9 chapters, and generates the council letters to act on it.
Instant access · no subscription · England only
The honest answer is: it depends — and the details decide it. Most of what's written online about the "28-day rule" is wrong, and the routes that actually work (curtilage, certificates of lawfulness, the 10-year rule, temporary use while building) turn on the specifics of your land and plans — all for less than 15 minutes of a planning consultant's time.
What's inside
Interactive eligibility check
Eight questions about your land and plans → a personalised route (with a realistic honesty rating), the chapters that matter to you, and the letters to send.
9 plain-English guide chapters
From the legal definition of a caravan to the 10-year rule, certificates of lawfulness, enforcement, and buying land to live on — current law including the 2024 enforcement changes.
3 council-ready letter generators
Pre-application enquiry, CLEUD cover letter and CLOPUD cover letter — correct statutory language, your details filled in, downloadable as PDF and editable Word.
Council finder + full pack export
We identify your local planning authority from your postcode, and you can export the whole pack as one printable document.
The 9 chapters
- What counts as a caravan in law
- The 28-day rule and temporary use
- Living in your garden: curtilage and annexes
- The certificate routes: CLEUD and CLOPUD
- The 10-year rule and enforcement time limits
- The full planning application route
- Enforcement: what actually happens
- Buying land to live on: due diligence
- Services and practicalities
Common questions
Can I legally live in a caravan on my own land?+
Sometimes — it depends on the land's lawful use, what you're living in, and how long any residential use has already gone on. Living full-time on agricultural land normally needs planning permission, but there are real routes: within a home's garden as incidental accommodation or an annexe, while genuinely building a house, and via the 10-year rule for long-standing use. The pack's eligibility check maps your specific situation to the right route.
What is the 28-day rule for caravans?+
The widely-quoted '28-day rule' is often misunderstood. The general permitted development right for temporary use of land (28 days a year) specifically excludes use as a caravan site. The real temporary rights come from the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 exemptions — for example, a single caravan stationed for up to two consecutive nights, up to 28 days a year, without anyone living in it as their home. The pack explains exactly what each exemption does and doesn't allow.
What is the 10-year rule?+
If land has been used continuously as a residence in breach of planning control for long enough — now 10 years for breaches starting on or after 25 April 2024 — the use can become immune from enforcement, and you can apply for a Certificate of Lawfulness (CLEUD) to prove it. The pack covers the evidence you need and includes a CLEUD cover-letter generator.
Is this legal advice?+
No. The pack is detailed general information about planning law in England, written in plain English, plus document generators. It doesn't replace advice from a planning consultant or solicitor on your specific circumstances — but it will make any conversation with one far cheaper and better-informed.
Does it cover Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland?+
No — England only. Planning law is devolved and the rules differ, particularly in Wales.
How do I get access after paying?+
Instantly. Payment is by card via Stripe, and your pack area unlocks straight after checkout — no password, we use secure email sign-in. Access doesn't expire, and content updates are included.
Caravan & Mobile Home Planning Pack
One-off £49 · instant access · eligibility check, 9 guides, 3 letter generators · England only.
Buying land first? Pair it with a Plot Report (£34) to check the land's constraints before you commit.
General information about planning in England, not legal or planning advice. Content reviewed August 2026.