Section 3 Issue of site licences by district councils.

An application for the issue of a site licence in respect of any land may be made by the occupier thereof to the [F1 district council] in whose [ district] the land is situated.

An application under this section shall be in writing and shall specify the land in respect of which the application is made; and the applicant shall, either at the time of making the application or within such period as the [ district council] may determine, give to the [ district council] suchF2 other information as they may reasonably require.

A [ district council] may on an application under this section issue a site licence in respect of the land if, and only if, the applicant is, at the time when the site licence is issued, entitled to the benefit of a permission for the use of the land as a caravan siteF3 granted under F4the Planning Act .

If at the date when the applicant duly gives the information required by virtue of sub-section (2) he is entitled to the benefit of such a permission as aforesaid, the [ district council] shall, on the payment by the applicant of a fee of ten pounds, issue a site licence in respect of the land within two months of that date or, if the applicant and the [ district council] agree in writing that the [ district council] shall be afforded a longer period within which to grant a site licence, within the period so agreed.

If the applicant becomes entitled to the benefit of such a permission as aforesaid at some time after duly giving the information required by virtue of sub-section (2) the [ district council] shall, on the payment by the applicant of a fee of ten pounds, issue a site licence in respect of the land within six weeks of the date on which he becomes so entitled or, if the applicant and the [ district council] agree in writing that the [ district council] shall be afforded a longer period within which to grant a site licence, within the period so agreed.

Notwithstanding anything in sub-sections (1) to (5), a [ district council] shall not at any time issue a site licence to a person who to their knowledge has held a site licence which has been revoked in pursuance of this Act less than three years before that time.