A HEARTBROKEN disabled woman who was 'so happy' at a riverside caravan park is one of those given their marching orders as her parents call the decision 'awful'.
John Powell and his wife Judy say their disabled daughter absolutely loves spending time at the Ketch Caravan Park off Bath Road in Worcester.
Now she has her head in her hands after learning she will have to leave forever.
The couple says their 54-year-old daughter, Sarah, has been disabled since she received a whooping cough vaccination injection when she was just three to four months old and requires 24 hour care which she receives in Badsey.
She suffers from epileptic fits and can only make very limited conversation but seems to respond to her stays in the caravan and likes it when people stop to say hello to her.
The letter from Ross Byrne of Isle of Man-based Tremlo Limited, which has also been sent to other residents, is headed 'termination of licence agreement'.
They have been told to leave by October 31 this year - and make plans to remove their holiday homes.
The Worcester News has been told by residents there are about 60 caravans on the site, overlooking the river Severn, including statics and touring caravans
"You will therefore have to leave the park by that date, and to make arrangements to remove the holiday home and any other personal possessions from the park no later than November 30," the letter reads.
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Mr Powell, 77, said he was staying at the park when someone told him that people with holiday homes had to leave by the end of the year.
The retired Worcestershire County Council roadman said: "I have only just received the letter today (Friday). We didn't know anything about it until somebody told us the other day."
"I'm very upset. I have a disabled daughter who is now in full-time care. We take her down there (to the Ketch) every fortnight for the weekend. She really benefits from it.
"She loves being in the caravan. She seems so happy when she's there. It certainly helps her mental health and sense of wellbeing. When people say 'hello Sarah!' that makes her day."
Mrs Powell, 74, who is a former dinner last at Drakes Broughton school said the family 'loved coming here'.
Mr Powell, who has owned the static caravan for eight to 10 years, said there had been no communication about plans to move everyone off the site other than a letter he received at his home in Drakes Broughton. He learned what was happening while he was still at the Ketch Caravan Park and by chance, someone said: "What do you think about us having to get off the site at the end of the year?"
Mr Powell said: "I said I didn't know anything about it. It was such a shock it didn't really click. It was a little bit later when I realised 'we have got to get off here!'"
He says he imagines he will scrap the static now and stay at home. "I can't afford another one and I don't want to go miles away. It's an awful way to be treated. I feel really sorry for the people who have just bought a caravan," he said.
We have made efforts to contact the caravan park and the owners but so far they have declined to comment. "No comment," a spokesperson said again on Friday.
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