Plot 6, Land at Kirby Glebe Farm, Off Atherstone Road, Hartshill, Nuneaton, CV10 0TB

change of use of land to use as a residential caravan site for 4 No. gypsy families, each with 2 No. caravans, together with laying of hardstanding and erection of 4 No. ancillary amenity buildings

Authority: North Warwickshire Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Hearing
Development: caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
Inspector: Dyer S

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area and the landscape with particular reference to the cumulative effects of the development of the site together with development on adjacent land.
The effect of the development on the safety and convenience of users of the access road, including at the junction with Atherstone Road.

What decided it

The finding that the proposed gypsy and traveller site accorded with the development plan's character/appearance and highway safety criteria, subject to conditions, determined the outcome of Appeal A.

the development was found to accord with the development plan as a whole and there were no other material considerations indicating a different outcome, so the appeal was allowed

Plan policies cited: Policy LP1, Policy LP10, Policy LP29, Policy BE2

Judgments cited: Smith v SSLUHC & Ors [2022] EWCA Civ 1391

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