What Is Van Life Freedom

Our campaign to stop the van life parking bans

Van Life Freedom Campaign Mission:

The UK Van Life Freedom Campaign unites all van life enthusiasts to advocate for fair parking policies, access to fresh water, and proper waste disposal services. We aim to collaborate with local councils, businesses, and government to foster a sustainable, inclusive, and respectful van life community that benefits everyone.

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Welcome to Van Life Freedom (#VLF) where we campaign for the fair treatment of van life people and our ability to use public parking places and be left alone to enjoy our nomadic lifestyle.

No matter if you’re a full time van lifer or someone who like to travel for holidays and weekend get-aways you’re welcome to join the campaign.

Our Van Lanlife Freedom is under attack from Councils across the country in places like Arundel Sussex, Moorcambe, The Drove, and many other places where people in vans of all types have historically enjoyed the freedom to park, stay overnight and to live peacefully and responsibly.

If you see a parking ban being implemented or hear about plans for a parking ban targeted at campervans and motorhomes, let us know about it, then make a complaint about the ban.The resources below can help you formulate a well thought through complaint letter to send and to make any relevant Freedom of Information Requests.The FOIRs can highlight where any assertions have been incorrectely made about the behaviour of van owners, the unsightlyness of our vans or even where they make the claim that van owners leave a mess behind.

How to help with the campaign

A collection of resources to help you help the campaign

Join the Campaign

We are working on creating simple pathways for you to become involved in this campaign to protect our vanlife freedoms. From the occasional donation, to handing out leaflets, and lobbying Councils and MPs. We all need to “make a noise” when our freedoms are unfairly under attack and we think a long term, consistent campaign with thousands of voices is the best way. Join Us Today!

Join the eMail List

Making a FOI Request

We are working hard on creating an easy yet robust way for you to make a Freedom of Information Act request to your local council, police forces, fire services and other authorities so that we can highlight where restrictions being implemented may not be fully justified against the harshness of any restrictions to our Van Life freedoms being implemented.

Complain to the local Council

When you want to complain to a local council but you’re not sure what to write or where to start. Click the button below to start your own process of complaining. We’ll get you started with a specific and concise complaint letter that you can use as it is or customise to make it a more personalised complaint to the Council who are implementing restrictions on our Van Life Freedoms.

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