®Planning appeal decision
Windmill Farm Yaugher Lane, Hartlip, SITTINGBOURNE, ME9 7XE
the renewal of temporary planning permission Ref 14/503384/FULL “Change of use of land to a residential caravan site, for one gypsy traveller family
- Authority
- Swale Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- King T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal represents an acceptable form of development having regard to national policy and the objectives of the development plan in respect of gypsy and traveller accommodation
- Whether the occupiers of the site have satisfactory access to services and facilities
What decided it
The absence of a five-year supply of gypsy and traveller sites combined with the lack of any alternative accommodation and the best interests of the children outweighed concerns about the sustainability of the site's location.
The appellants' personal circumstances, the best interests of the children, and the absence of alternative accommodation and a five-year supply of sites outweighed the unsustainable location, so the appeal was allowed.
Plan policies cited: Policy DM10, Policy ST3
Judgments cited: South Cambridgeshire DC v SSCLG & Brown [2008] EWCA Civ 1010
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