charging for delivering on caravan site

[mischief121]

I have a hire company which has been operating for 15 years,in which ive been delivering to a large caravan site to private residents and holiday makers.We supply a first class service staying open out of normall shop hours, sundays and bank holidays.The holiday park says it is now going to charge us comission for coming on site.Does anybody know of something similar, or if they have a legal right.Many thanks in advance.

[Ethel]

Are you delivering caravans to the site? What are you delivering?

[mischief121]

mobility wheelchairs and scooters

[Ethel]

I assume the caravan site doesn't hire such items themselves.

This is tricky - they own the site and have the right to stop you going on EXCEPT you say it is a residential site, so the residents must have a right to invitees.

There is a way around it, but I don't know if it is practicable. You could deliver to the gate. That way you are not going on the site but I would make very sure the customers knew why you were trading in that manner.

I don't know if your customers would be able to get to the gate, with the nature of the products you hire.

[Taylortax]

this doesn't help with your question, I know, but i would want to make sure this went public somehow. I think it comes under the heading of ripping off the disabled!

[RevFunk]

I would have thought that they could do what they like its their site

[mischief121]

Thank you for all your answers.The site said they were going to charge commision on all people from outside the site doing work there.How could they keep track on this.Taxis,grocery deliveryetc.?

[Ethel]

Is there any way of informing all the residents of this proposal?

Because they will be the ones that end up paying - and they pay more than enough to the site already.

[ChuckFickens]

they may be within their rights to charge commission, but I think a lot of people would question their morals in doing so for the services you are providing.

You could try a call or a letter to your local paper and see if they are interested at all, I'm sure a call from the paper asking them about charging commission for suppling disabled and elderly people with mobility equipment might make them change their mind.

[terambulan]

I would have thought there would be a "Right to Access" clause in the tenancy agreement for the caravan occupants. If not the tenants should take the property owners to Court for same.

The local Council would close down the site if they were aware that there was limited access to the occupants.