A council-run campervan site in Cobh, Co Cork may introduce new bylaws to prevent people from overstaying their welcome. The new measures would cut the “run around the corner then come back” issue by prohibiting returning vehicles for 72 hours after the maximum 48-hour slot has been exceeded. A six-week public consultation period will follow before councillors decide on the changes. The council wants to maximise profits at the popular site by providing “a greater turnover” of tourists.

A council-run campervan site in Cobh, Co Cork, Ireland, is proposing to introduce new bylaws to combat overstaying by visitors. Although the site has a maximum 48-hour stay limit, parking wardens are powerless to prevent people leaving for short periods and returning, leading to some vehicles being parked for days on end, driving away new visitors. The council wants to provide a greater turnover in tourists and hopes to maximise profits from the site, which opened in 2017. The council is seeking to increase visitor numbers by introducing restrictions which would prohibit cars from returning to serviced parking spaces for a further 72 hours after the 48-hour stay has expired. The proposed bylaw change would mean vehicular owners have to get a ticket recording their arrival time, enabling parking wardens to detect rule breaches. A fine of €10 per 24 hours is currently in place, but there is no way of knowing when vehicles arrive.