®Planning appeal decision
Land at Plot 1B Roydon Lodge Chalet Estate, Roydon, CM19 5EF
change of use from leisure plot with two sheds to caravan site for siting of one static caravan with associated development (touring caravan and hard standing) for residential occupation by single traveller family
- Authority
- Epping Forest District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Lewis D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm resulting from the caravan site, is clearly outweighed by other considerations to provide the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The shortfall in a five-year supply of deliverable traveller pitches combined with the best interests of the appellant's young child amounted to very special circumstances justifying temporary, though not permanent, planning permission.
The substantial Green Belt harm and significant flood risk harm were not clearly outweighed by other considerations on a permanent basis, but when the development was assessed for a temporary four-year period the outstanding need for traveller sites, the lack of a five-year supply, and the child's best interests clearly outweighed the harm, amounting to very special circumstances.
Framework references: 138
Plan policies cited: Policy GB2A, Policy RST10A, Policy H10A, Policy CP1, Policy CP2, Policy GB7A, Policy U2A, Policy NC1, Policy LL3, Policy DM 2, Policy DM 22, Policy SP 2, Policy SP 4, Policy SP 5, Policy H 4
Judgments cited: Pitman v Secretary of State for the Environment [1989] JPL 831
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