Halfacres, Short Lane, ALKHAM, CT15 7BZ

To keep the positioning of mobile home, touring caravan, and erection of day room for permeant residence under my ‘Gypsy status’ and rights

Authority: Dover District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
Inspector: Chamberlain G

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal would conserve and enhance the AONB

What decided it

The acute accommodation need of the appellant's family, the best interests of their two children, and equality considerations outweighed the modest harm to the AONB.

The modest harm to the AONB and limited weight against intentional unauthorised development were outweighed by the acute accommodation need, best interests of the children and equality implications, such that the proposal should be determined otherwise than in accordance with the development plan.

Framework references: 11, 62, 74

Plan policies cited: Policy DM1, Policy DM11, Policy DM7, Policy DM15, Policy DM16, Policy LA1

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