Mobile home sites

On 23 September 2020, rules came into force that mean all mobile home site owners have to be a fit and proper person to manage the site and complete a fit and proper person application.

The owner of a site in Cheltenham borough must apply to us for the relevant person (either themselves or the site manager), to be included on a register of fit and proper persons. A site owner may only apply if they hold or have applied for a site licence for that site. The same requirements apply where the owner or the site manager is not an individual, such as a park owned or managed by a company. The person applying to appear on the register will need a basic DBS certificate (dated no more than 6 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 GOV.UK.

A person operating a site who doesn't comply with the fit and proper person test is guilty of a criminal offence and, on summary conviction, would be liable to a fine up to level 5 (unlimited). The current fee required to submit an application for the 2026/27 period is £100.00.

View the fit and proper person register.

Find out more about these regulations

Find out more about the mobile homes fit and proper person test at GOV.UK

Read the full Mobile Homes (Requirement for Manager of Site to be Fit and Proper Person) (England) Regulations 2020