®Planning appeal decision
GREENGATE BUNGALOW, CUMNOR ROAD, FILCHAMSTEAD, OX2 9NT
without planning permission, the material change of use of the land for the siting of mobile homes used for residential purposes
- Authority
- Vale of White Horse District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hand S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed occupants are gypsies for the purposes of PPTS
- whether the site is a sustainable location for a gypsy pitch
- the harm to the Green Belt and to the character of the area
- the Council's supply of and need for gypsy pitches
- whether there are very special circumstances sufficient to outweigh the harm to the Green Belt and other harms identified
- whether the building known as Greengate Bungalow had an established lawful use as a dwelling on the date the LDC application was made
What decided it
The Inspector concluded that the serious harm to the Green Belt, including harm to openness, was not outweighed by the personal circumstances, human rights considerations and lack of an alternative site, so very special circumstances did not exist.
the great weight given to harm to Green Belt openness and the lesser weight given to harm to the character of the area outweighed the personal circumstances, human rights, lack of a 5-year pitch supply and lack of an alternative site, so the balance tipped against the appeal
Framework references: 162
Plan policies cited: CP27
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.