Two homes at a Watchet caravan park will have to be moved after a “significant cliff fall” put residents at risk.

Somerset West and Taunton Council has told the owners of the West Bay Park caravan site to arrange for two of the residential caravans there to be relocated as soon as possible.

The council has said it will work with the owners to support the residents concerned and prevent them from becoming homeless.

Under the terms of the park’s licence, its boundary must be at least three metres from the cliff edge at all times, to avoid putting residents and their property in peril.

Officers were first alerted to the cliff fall on February 17 and carried out a site visit the following day.

Licensing specialist John Rendell told the council’s licensing committee in Williton on Monday evening that the cliff falls had “no doubt been accelerated by the recent inclement weather”.

He said in his written report: “In one case, parts of a concrete foundation were exposed and posts supporting an area of decking were left hovering over the drop.

“Thankfully, the site owners had been already been in touch with the households of the two homes affected and alternative temporary accommodation has been found.”