Guidance

Converting a vehicle into a motor caravan (motor home)

What DVLA expects to see when considering your application to change the body type description on your V5C registration certificate (log book) to motor caravan.

Documents

Motor caravan conversion checklist

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Details

DVLA is required to record vehicle details for road safety and law enforcement. The body type information held on the vehicle record must describe what a vehicle looks like in traffic. This description, as well as other distinguishing features, allows the police and other enforcement agencies to easily identify vehicles.

The body type does not affect the insurance category of the vehicle, or have any effect on speed limits or other legislative requirements. It is only used for establishing vehicle appearance and identification.

It is important to remember that even if the vehicle’s body type is not changed to ‘motor caravan’, the vehicle can still be used for this purpose as long as the keeper is satisfied the converted vehicle meets the required internal features for motor caravans.

Updates to this page

Published 21 October 2019
Last updated 7 August 2020 + show all updates
  1. Paper application info added in summary.

  2. Amended coronavirus (COVID-19) update.

  3. Added coronavirus (COVID-19) update.

  4. First published.

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