®Planning appeal decision
Bridge Inn Caravan Park, The Common, Crowland, Peterborough, PE6 0HJ
Planning appeal 3249950 at Bridge Inn Caravan Park, The Common, Crowland, Peterborough, PE6 0HJ (South Holland District Council) was dismissed on 11 January 2023 by Inspector Hockenhull H, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the disputed condition is reasonable and necessary having regard to whether the site forms an appropriate location for Gypsy and Traveller accommodation and whether it would be subject to an unacceptable risk of flooding.
a proposed static and touring caravan park, including new toilet block and access road without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref H02/0359/00, dated 22 June 2000
- Authority
- South Holland District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
- Inspector
- Hockenhull H
- Postcode
- PE6 0HJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the disputed condition is reasonable and necessary having regard to whether the site forms an appropriate location for Gypsy and Traveller accommodation and whether it would be subject to an unacceptable risk of flooding
- whether other material considerations, including the general need for and supply of gypsy sites, the accommodation needs and personal circumstances of the appellant, outweigh any harm identified, such as to justify the development
What decided it
The failure to demonstrate through an adequate flood risk assessment and sequential test that the site would be safe for permanent residential occupation, given the significant consequences of a flood event for children living there.
the benefits of a sustainable location, unmet gypsy accommodation need, personal circumstances and effective use of previously developed land were outweighed by the unresolved flood risk to children, so the appeal was dismissed
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 1Policy 20Policy 4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 105Paragraph 167
- Judgments
- John Leslie Finney v Welsh Ministers, Carmarthenshire County Council, Energiekontor (UK) Limited [2019] EWCA Civ 1868
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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