Planning appeal decision
Woodlands Caravan Park, Moulton Eaugate, Spalding, Lincs, PE12 0SX
Planning appeal 3249073 at Woodlands Caravan Park, Moulton Eaugate, Spalding, Lincs, PE12 0SX (South Holland District Council) was allowed on 6 August 2021 by Inspector Freer P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a Certificate of Lawful Use or Development was well founded.
use of land as residential caravan site without limitation on caravan unit numbers, layout or occupancy of the caravans - resubmission of H23-0736-19. Summary
- Authority
- South Holland District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Freer P
- Postcode
- PE12 0SX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a Certificate of Lawful Use or Development was well founded
What decided it
The only remaining restriction on the 1981 permission (Condition 1) applied to a caravan whose occupant had died in 2013 and was specifically excluded from the application, leaving no enforceable limitations on the use sought.
What the Inspector cited
- Judgments
- I'm Your Man Limited v Secretary of State for the Environment & North Somerset DC [1999] 4 PLR 017; Cotswold Grange Country Park LLP [2014] EWHC 1138 (Admin)
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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