Park Planning at Christchurch Caravan Conference

Dale & Sue Wood have taken some time to show their expertise to the New Zealand Caravan Marketplace by presenting their company at The annual NZ Caravan Conference.

Back in Adelaide on 15th October.

Park Planning spreading their wings.......

Social and Economic Issues and Related Design Factors

As you know, Caravan parks are now used for varied purposes. But the majority fit into two major groups. The first being the casual holiday makers, who could be both short-term and long-term stays and the second is the permanent resident who has decided that the caravan park is a good place to retire or inexpensive way to have a place of their own..

Casual occupants can be further separated into sub-groups. Short-term residents that stay for periods of time ranging from overnight up to a few weeks, and long-term casual occupants who lease a site on an annual basis, own their own van which remains on the site during the term of the lease. Many of these long-term sites become well established and are seen more as a holiday house rather than as a mobile caravan.

Permanent residency is largely made up of retirees, middle aged lifestyle and other people looking for a more affordable form of housing, these can further be separated into two other aspects, privately owner caravans and privately owned Park homes.

The important factor in Caravan Park planning is the mixing of these two very different groups is the positioning of the tenant groups. The permanent residential section should be situated in a separate part of the park to the short-term and long-term casual occupants also a segregation of the privately owned vans and park homes. This will ensure the privacy and living conditions that the permanent residents will demand.

Designing a Park to suit these two demographics needs consideration to the demands of the particular residents and as in all planning, research into the needs of the residents is vital. Keep this in mind when you are thinking of upgrading your park, and speak to an expert about the best way to start the process.

You wouldn't consider any major expenditure without talking to your accountant, way make major changes to your park without using park designer to help you in what they know best.

To see more about the complex issue of re-designing your park, visit www.parkplanning.com.au  

Does your Caravan Park need a facelift? See our latest Blog at www.parkaustralia.blogspot.com to who can help you through this process.

Caravan Park Planning

DESIGNING A CARAVAN PARK

A Caravan Park Planner must consider & deal with:

Location accessibility to topography of land native environment, water & water courses, power, effluent, maintenance requirements, building costs & supply of goods & services.

Type of client base to be attracted.

Facilities required to cater for that client or type of client, security, staffing requirements.

A planner should have knowledge of all the latest Caravan and Camping Grounds Act requirements and building codes, Statutory Issues relative to local Shire /Council and State Government issues relative to zoning as well as environmental.

When designing a caravan park it is important to know and target the type of person that the location will attract and provide facilities for that demographic. A planner must consider a wide range of specifics to ensure the caravan parks overall success.

For a caravan park to be sustainable it ideally needs to operate 12 months of the year.

If it is to cater only for a specific period of a year then a planner will need to consider how to maximise the return and efficiencies in the season weighed against maintenance and trading cost of the low season.

Dale Wood, Park Australia's Senior Planner has all these attributes and has vast experience in both buying and seeling Parks. His progress in the industry has reached a level unsurpassed by his contemporaries.

 

If you are considering a change in the layout of your Caravan Park, you should first visit http://www.parkplanning.com.au/  followed by a call to Dale to discuss your ideas, which will allow Dale to assist towards a professional result.

 

Remember, you use an accountant to help with your finances, a solicitor for any legal aspects, so you should use a Professional Planner to help move your Park to the next stage.