Planning appeal decision
Cairds Camping and Caravan Site, Battenhurst Road, Ticehurst, East Sussex, TN5 7DU
Planning appeal 3262456 at Cairds Camping and Caravan Site, Battenhurst Road, Ticehurst, East Sussex, TN5 7DU (Rother District Council) was dismissed on 14 April 2022 by Inspector King T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether, on the balance of probability, the use was lawful within the meaning of section 191(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
Stationing of a caravan on the land for residential purposes
- Authority
- Rother District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
- Inspector
- King T
- Postcode
- TN5 7DU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether, on the balance of probability, the use was lawful within the meaning of section 191(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
What decided it
The caravan's primary purpose was to serve the security needs of the wider site's equestrian and campsite uses in an ancillary capacity, meaning any material change to independent residential use would have occurred after the material date of 20 January 2010.
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