Overstone Lakes Caravan Park, Caravan Park and Premises, Ecton Lane, Sywell, NORTHAMPTON, NN6 0BB

described on the LDC application form as: ‘Planning application WP/61/0140 grants unrestricted planning permission for the use of the whole of the Overstones Lakes Caravan Park as a caravan site. The applicant is seeking a lawful development certificate confirming that the land within the red line boundary can be lawfully used as a caravan site on which caravan units as defined by the Caravans Sites and Control of Development Act (CSCDA) can be positioned

Authority: Wellingborough Borough Council *
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: caravan-gypsy · Major traveller and caravan pitches
Inspector: Perrins R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the use of the CLOPUD area, as depicted by the red line application plan, as a caravan site on which caravans can be positioned was lawful on 15 October 2018

What decided it

The 1961 planning permission for use as a caravan site was retrospective and therefore not subject to a time limit for commencement, meaning it remained in force and lawfully permitted the use of the CLOPUD area as a caravan site on 15 October 2018.

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