A variety of popular caravanning destinations have clamped down on motorhomes
Despite the protests of the tourist industry and local hotel managers, a clamp down on motorhomes at Yorkshire Coast holiday parks has been given the go ahead.
A ban that will stop motorhomes from parking up on earmarked roads will be introduced between 11pm and 7am, after North Yorkshire County Council‘s Yorkshire Coast and Moors Area Committee councillors have decided to crack down on the issue in Whitby, Sandsend, Scarborough, Filey and Cayton Bay.
The authority’s director of business services, David Bowe, told the committee: “The most shocking comments concerned the emptying of chemical waste over cliffs, defecating in public areas in the streets, and reports of a resident counting 37 motor caravans parking for significant periods on North Promenade, Whitby.”
Local residents have supported the ban, claiming that motorhomes give the holiday coast a bad image and don’t give enough back to the local economy, as well as producing a lot of litter. However, local residents with motorhomes will be provided with permits.
Many keen motorhomers have objected to the ban in a recent council survey, claiming that it’s discriminatory, and many motorhomers have hot back at the ban, stating that they will no longer choose the Yorkshire coast for a holiday destination.
Bowe added: “It is clear there is strong opposition from the motor-caravanning community.
“The majority of those responding to the survey objected to the principle of discriminating between categories of vehicles, rather than being immediately affected as regular users of the road.”
The ban will be enforced in Whitby’s North Promenade, Love Lane, North Terrace, Church Street and Royal Crescent; the Royal Albert Drive, Foreshore Road, Sandside and Esplanade at Scarborough; The Beach, Crescent Hill and The Crescent at Filey; Sandsend Road and Lythe Bank, Sandsend; and Filey Road, Osgodby Hill, Cayton.
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