These Regulations prescribe the detail of how local authorities shall exercise their discretion when deciding whether or not to issue or consent to the transfer of a site licence in respect of a relevant protected site. The owner of land which is used as a caravan site is required by section 1 of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 to hold a site licence. These Regulations apply to relevant protected sites only, which are sites which are at least partly residential (not purely holiday sites).