®Planning appeal decision
Pentney Bowls and Leisure Club, Narborough Road, Pentney, Norfolk, PE32 1JD
- Authority
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Major traveller and caravan pitches
- Inspector
- Brown S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the use for siting static caravans for the purposes of human habitation throughout the year is limited by existing planning permissions and their conditions, and a subsequent LDC granted in 2019
- If that is the case, whether the claimed use results in a material change of use of the site
What decided it
The distinction between touring caravans (typically small, towed by car, capable of being moved) and larger static caravans (up to 20 metres long, 6.8 metres wide, requiring tractor or lorry for movement) means the latter are materially different entities not encompassed by the existing planning permissions for a touring caravan park.
Judgments cited: I'm Your Man Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment [1999] 77 P&CR 251; London Borough of Lambeth v SSHCLG and Others [2019] UKSC 33; Trump International Golf Club Ltd v Scottish Ministers [2015] UKSC 74; Cotswold Grange Country Park LLP v SSCLG & Tewksbury Borough Council [2014] EWHC 1138 (Admin)
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