Residential Mobile Homes in Scotland - Scottish Government

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CONTENTS CONTENTS 3 LIST OF TABLES 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 5 Introduction 6 Context 6 Aims and Objectives 8 Methods 9 Report Structure 11 CHAPTER TWO: THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL MOBILE HOMES IN SCOTLAND 12 Introduction 12 The number of residential mobile homes in Scotland 12 The characteristics of households living in residential mobile homes in Scotland 16 Identifying individual mobile homes 24 Winter lets 29 Conclusions 31 CHAPTER THREE: LIVING IN A MOBILE HOME 32 Introduction 32 Characteristics of the respondents 32 Reasons for living in mobile homes 35 Alternative accommodation 37 Condition of the dwellings 39 Future aspirations 45 Conclusions 47 CHAPTER FOUR: LIVING ON LICENSED PARK HOME SITES 49 Introduction 49 Site layout and maintenance 49 Relations with the park owner 50 Written Agreements under the 1983 Mobile Homes Act 51 Pitch fees 51 Views on the legislation 52 Conclusions 57 CHAPTER FIVE: CONCLUSIONS 58 Introduction 58 Conclusions 58 REFERENCES 66 APPENDIX ONE: LOCAL AUTHORITY SURVEY OF RESIDENTIAL MOBILE HOMES 68 APPENDIX TWO: TOPIC GUIDE FOR RESIDENTS 73 APPENDIX THREE: GYPSIES / TRAVELLERS ON PRIVATELY OWNED SITES IN SCOTLAND: THE TWICE-YEARLY COUNT - NO. 8 : JULY 2005 76 APPENDIX FOUR: TENURE OF RESIDENTS LIVING IN CARAVANS MOBILE HOMES AND OTHER TEMPORARY STRUCTURES BY LOCAL AUTHORITY 78
LIST OF TABLES Table 1.1 Localities investigated to quantify the extent of individual mobile homes ...............9 Table 2.1 Proportion of all households in caravans, mobile homes or other temporary structures.................................................................................................................12 Table 2.2 Changes in the number of households in non-permanent accommodation 1971- 2001 ...............................................................................................................................13 Table 2.3: Numbers of caravans and mobile homes by local authority...................................14 Table 2.4 Number of licensed residential caravan sites...........................................................15 Table 2.5 Tenure of households in caravans, mobile homes and other temporary structures by country................................................................................................................17 Table 2.6 Tenure by case study area........................................................................................17 Table 2.7 Household type by country......................................................................................19 Table 2.8 Household type by case study area..........................................................................19 Table 2.9 Age of all persons in households by Country..........................................................20 Table 2.10: Age of all persons in households by case study area............................................21 Table 2.11 People with a limiting long-term illness by country..............................................21 Table 2.12 People with a long term limiting illness in Scotland by age.................................22 Table 2.13 People with a limiting long-term illness by case study area..................................22 Table 2.14 Households with central heating by country..........................................................23 Table 2.15 Households with central heating in Scotland, by tenure........................................23 Table 2.16 Households with central heating be case study area..............................................24 Table 2.17 Applicants for Highland council housing currently living in caravans, July 2006..................................................................................................................................25 Table 2.18 Type of households living in mobile homes on Tiree, 2006 ................................27 Table 2.19 Number of non-permanent household spaces comprising vacant, second and holiday homes by case study area.........................................................................29 Table 3.1 Characteristics of respondents 33
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Page 7 and 8: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Introduction 1 Th
Page 9 and 10: 10 Future demographic trends in Sco
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Page 17 and 18: different sub-markets of mobile hom
Page 19 and 20: accessible by public roads. Whilst
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Page 45 and 46: lower incomes were gradually being
Page 47 and 48: Fuel Poverty and Heating 3.40 The S
Page 49 and 50: half of one of our pensions. And th
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CHAPTER FOUR LIVING ON LICENSED PAR
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Written Agreements under the 1983 M
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4.17 Respondents were asked for the
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Another respondent commented on the
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Conclusions 4.31 The majority or re
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home residents on licensed sites an
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continued occupation of these forms
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for residents who did not comply wi
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households also need to be alert to
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McCleery, A., Walker, C., MacDonald
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3. Please could you provide the fol
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Crofts Pitches in seasonal resident
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APPENDIX TWO: TOPIC GUIDE FOR RESID
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- How do you get on with the person
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Information recorded by the Scottis
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ISSN 0950 2254 ISBN 978 0 7559 6865
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