Planning appeal decision
Court Farm Tewkesbury Road, Twigworth, Gloucester, GL2 9PX
Planning appeal 3263146 at Court Farm Tewkesbury Road, Twigworth, Gloucester, GL2 9PX (Tewkesbury Borough Council) was dismissed on 22 July 2021 by Inspector Moss J, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a LDC was well founded.
The storage of caravans and motorhomes
- Authority
- Tewkesbury Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- other · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Moss J
- Postcode
- GL2 9PX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a LDC was well founded
What decided it
The appellant failed to demonstrate, on the balance of probabilities, that the material change of use of the whole appeal site for storage of caravans, motorhomes and vehicles had occurred before 12 April 2009, the relevant date 10 years prior to the application.
What the Inspector cited
- Judgments
- Burdle & Williams v SSE & New Forest DC [1972] 1 WLR 1207; Thurrock BC v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions 2001; R. (on the application of Searle) v Secretary of State for the Environment, East Hampshire District Council 2006
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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