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THEY had reached a certain time in life and moved to a rural idyll for peace and quiet.

Now, residents of a park homes site are deeply divided by a planning row and allegations their homes were fraudulently sold as being for full-time residential use.

Some have been represented at a planning inquiry to decide whether East Riding Council should give them full planning permission to continue living in holiday homes at Lakeminster Park in Woodmansey.

But the final day of that inquiry heard many more do not support the planning appeal. Many of those are supporting planned legal action over how the homes were sold.

They want to move away from a place where neighbour has turned against neighbour.

Resident Dorothy Middleton, in a letter to the inquiry, said: "This has devastated us as we are very unhappy here.

200 members of the park home industry representing parks through the south east of England met yesterday in Oxford to learn of the legislation within the new Mobile Homes Act 2013 and specifically the new selling and gifting regulations. The Mobile Homes (Selling & Gifting)(England) Regulations 2013

Ros Pritchard, the Director General of the British Holiday & Home Parks Association patiently explained these new regulations for nearly an hour and a half and following a break for refreshments, Tony Beard from Tozers Solicitors took a question and answer session.

The World of Park and Leisure Homes at Stoneleigh Park saw park home and holiday lodge manufacturers come together for the annual event near Coventry last weekend.

Manufacturers exhibiting at the show included Stately-Albion, Pathfinder, Manor Park, Omar Homes, Prestige, Titans, Homeseeker, Tingdene and Country Homes.  Some took the opportunity to premiere their new homes with some new concepts and styles.

Wow! What a great show this year. Thanks you Jo and Pat for all the hard work you put in to make it the success it was.

With the largest footfall ever, many orders were taken and homes and lodges sold and Park Home Living and Just Lodges did very well thank you! Over the next few weeks you will see a gradual increase in the number of parks advertising their homes with us. For us, it was the best Stoneleigh Show we have ever had.

We'll see you again in 2014!