®Planning appeal decision
Land Known As the East Side of Evesham Road, Cleeve Prior, North Littleton, Evesham, WR11 8JU
Planning appeal 3264681 at Land Known As the East Side of Evesham Road, Cleeve Prior, North Littleton, Evesham, WR11 8JU (Wychavon District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 31 August 2021 by Inspector Boffin D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the fence on the character and appearance of the area.
- 3.1 The laying of hard-core driveway approximately hatched blue on the plan attached to the enforcement notice which is not in accordance with planning permissions W/16/01270/CU and 14/02664/CU or extant planning permissions 17/01003/FUL and 17/01004/FUL. 3.2 The laying of 30 concrete caravan pads, measuring 20 metres by 6.14 metres approximately within area hatched red on the attached plan, which are not in accordance with planning permissions W/16/01270/CU and 14/02664/CU or extant planning permissions 17/01003/FUL and 17/01004/FUL. 3.3 Without planning permission, the erection of a boundary fence alongside the west boundary, north boundary, east boundary between pin A and B approximately hatched green on the attached plan
- Authority
- Wychavon District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Major traveller and caravan pitches
- Inspector
- Boffin D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the fence on the character and appearance of the area
- The effect of the fence on highway safety
What decided it
The fencing creates a discordant and obtrusive feature that harms the rural agricultural character of the area and severely limits visibility at the access point, creating unacceptable highway safety risks on a busy thoroughfare.
The harm to character and appearance and highway safety outweighed any security benefits claimed for the caravan park use, with the fallback position of reduced-height fencing affording only limited weight.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SWDP 36
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 130Paragraph 219
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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