The Mobile Homes (Requirement for Manager of Site to be Fit and Proper Person) (England) Regulations 2020 (“the Regulations”) introduced a fit and proper person test for mobile home site owners or the person appointed to manage the site, unless exempted by the Regulations.
It is important to highlight that from 1 July 2021 until 1 October 2021 relevant protected sites, operated on a commercial basis, must be shown to be being managed by a fit and proper person.
The local authority is currently preparing to implement the new regulations and are now processing applications to be included on the register. If you are a site owner and you have a new site and need to apply, please use this application form.
It is a criminal offence for site managers/owners not to apply.
The applicant wishing to be included on the register will have to show that there are suitable financial and management arrangements in place for the site and to provide information relating to their conduct in relation to any of the following:
Only park home sites that operate on a commercial basis, where units are sold or rented to residents, need to apply for a fit and proper person test. These are called 'relevant protected sites'/
Park Home sites which are only occupied by the site owner or members of the site owner’s family do not need to apply. However, if circumstances change, and units are rented out to non-family members, then the owner or site manager will need to apply to be included on the register.
Under the legislation the fit and proper person must be the person with day-to-day responsibility for managing a site, whether that is the site owner or a person appointed to undertake the task on the owner’s behalf.
Anyone currently with a licence of a relevant protected site, applying for a new site licence, or the transfer of a site licence to a new owner, will need to apply to have themselves or the site manager included on the register.
You must submit an application to be assessed as a fit and proper person.
If you are operating a site and fail to comply with the fit and proper person test it is a criminal offence and if found guilty you would be liable, on summary conviction, of a fine up to level five (unlimited).
Applying for inclusion on the register will have a reasonable fee attached, agreed by Committee, This fee is currently £230.
Please see the Fit and Proper Person Determination Policy for how we process applications.
The applicant seeking entry on the register will need a basic DBS certificate (dated no more than six months before the date of the application) and this must be included with the application. The DBS certificate must be from an approved supplier. Information about how to arrange a DBS check can be found on the Government’s website:
Information on how to request information on a criminal record
As previously stated, an application form and guidance for applicants will be sent out to relevant site owners in due course.
If your application is approved, you will be placed on the fit and proper person register.
If you have any questions about the regulations or how they will affect you or how to request accessible documents, please email Environmental Health East Cambridgeshire District Council or phone 01353 665555 and ask for the Environmental Health Domestic Team.