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.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
• Published: 21 October 2019
• Last updated: 7 August 2020 — See all updates

Documents

Converting a vehicle into a motor caravan (motor home)

HTML

Motor caravan conversion checklist

Ref: V1006

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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.

Published 21 October 2019
Last updated 7 August 2020 + show all updates

1. 7 August 2020

   Paper application info added in summary.

2. 17 June 2020

   Amended coronavirus (COVID-19) update.

3. 30 April 2020

   Added coronavirus (COVID-19) update.

4. 21 October 2019

   First published.