• Plan for siting / desiting of caravans
• Staff training and supervision
• Agreed procedure with contractors, including risk assessment
• Exclude members of public from work area (ideally move caravans when site is closed)

Layout of:

• Holiday lets
• Owner occupied
• Touring Caravans
• Camping Pods
• Tents

• Adequate separation between units. Including controls on the construction of decking between units' according to site licence conditions and fire risk assessment
• No combustible sheds or other structures within the separation distance
• No combustible storage beneath caravans or decking
• Vegetation kept cut back
• Fire hose reels and extinguishers provided in accordance with site licence conditions
• Maintenance regime for fire fighting equipment, including frost protection

See Fire safety risk assessment: sleeping accommodation on GOV.UK

Advice displayed on site and at retail point where BBQ's sold of dangers of CO.

For further information see:

• Carbon monoxide, BBQ and fire safety advice on UKCampsite.co.uk

• Carbon monoxide (CO) can kill on the Camping and Caravan Club website

• BBQ Safety on Gas Safe Register website

• Regular visual checks for damage to installations, including hook ups and equipment
• Electrical testing and inspection reports up-to-date, in compliance with site licence conditions
• Work undertaken by competent person conversant with statutory requirements eg NICEIC or ECA contractor.
• Isolation of abandoned pitches
• Regular Residual Current Device (RCD) checks

• Overhead lines insulated, anti climb devices fitted.
• Warning notices displayed
• Advice given to site users

For further information see:

• Overhead power lines on HSE website

• Tents and caravans on Electricity Northwest website

• Replace old or perished gas hoses
• Annual gas safety checks of site boilers, water heaters and equipment in holiday lets by Gas Safe Installer registered to work on LPG on caravan sites

For further information see:

• Landlord Gas Responsibilities on the Gas Safe Register website.

• Gas safety in touring caravans, motor-caravans, caravan holiday-homes and residential park-homes on the HSE website.

• Carbon monoxide (CO) can kill on the Camping and Caravanning Club website.

• Liquid Gas website.

Compound for storage of new and used gas cylinders

• Suitably sited - away from buildings and drain gullies.
• Kept locked
• Free from overgrown vegetation
• Adequate size to meet site requirements (no stacking of cylinders)
• No cylinder storage outside the cage
• Warning signage displayed
• No smoking

For further information see:

• UK LPG

• How to safely store your gas bottle on the Calor website.

• slips and trips
• collision with vehicles

• Maintain access roads and footpaths in good repair
• Speed limits imposed
• Pedestrian routes clearly marked
• Provide handrails to steps
• Lighting of footways as necessary
• Clearly marked road system
• Separate pedestrians from vehicles where possible
  (See link below to workplace transport safety checklist)

• Clearly marked traffic route, no obstructions
• Speed limit applied
• Adequate road width or one-way system in place

See workplace transport safety inspection checklist on the HSE website.

• Treatment of road and footpaths as appropriate
• Signage

For further information see:

• Frequently asked questions on slip and trips on the HSE website.

• Clear snow from a road, path or cycleway on GOV.UK.

• Slip resistant flooring
• Adequate cleaning procedures
• Signage for wet/slippery floors

See slips and trips on the HSE website for further information.

• Thermostatic control valves at water outlets
• Warning signage

• Boiler maintenance according to manufacturers instructions
• Run all showers and other fittings weekly to avoid water stagnating
• Dismantle and clean shower heads at least quarterly
• Remove redundant pipework
• Keep water cisterns covered, insulated and free of debris

See Legionella and Legionnaires' disease on the HSE website for further information.

• Ensure safety of electrical equipment
• Interlocks fitted to washing machines, dryers and so on.

See NALI (National Association of the Launderette Industry for guidance for launderettes.

• Regular safety checks of equipment and surrounding area
• Suitable floor surface material, replaced or repaired as necessary
• Safe access route to the playground
• Exclusion of animals
• Safety signage displayed for example: supervision by parents, age restrictions / zones.

See Play Safety Advice and Information on the RoSPA website for further information.

• Staff training in pool management
• Effective water treatment
• Water sampling programme
• Instructions to users

See Legionella and Legionnaires' disease the HSE website for further information.

• Find out whether there are any materials containing asbestos on the site and, if so, where it is and what condition it is in. If in doubt, materials must be presumed to contain asbestos;
• assess the risk and
• make a plan to manage that risk and act on it.

See the duty to manage asbestos on the HSE website for guidance.

• Safe use of grass cutting and other equipment
• Trained staff
• Equipment maintenance

See Pesticides on the HSE website for further information.

• Safe use of grass cutting and other equipment
• Trained staff
• Equipment maintenance

• Fencing as appropriate
• Warning signage
• Advice to site users

• Fencing as appropriate
• Warning signage
• Advice to site users

See camping and caravan sites: minimise your flood risk on GOV.UK for more information.

Information provided on site.

Go to leaflets on the Lyme Disease Action website to download leaflets and posters for further information.