Rogarnet, Horton Road, Three Legged Cross, WIMBORNE, BH21 6SD

described as “as a caravan site for seven static caravans for occupation for holiday accommodation

Authority: Dorset
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Hearing
Development: caravan-gypsy · Major traveller and caravan pitches
Inspector: Harwood A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the Council's decision to refuse the LDC was well founded, with particular reference to whether the proposed use would involve the making of a material change in the use of the land

What decided it

The Inspector concluded that the change from 5 touring caravans to 7 static caravans would produce definable visual and ecological changes to the character of the use, amounting to a material change of use.

Judgments cited: Breckland District Council v SOS & Plum Tree Country Park Limited High Court of Justice Queen's Bench Division Administrative Court [2020] EWHC 292 (Admin), 2020 WL 0764507; R (oao Childs) v FSS & Test Valley BC [2005] EWHC 2368 (Admin); St Anne's Court Dorset Ltd v SSHCLG & Dorset Council [2021] EWHC 2954 (QB); Winchester CC v SSCLG [2013] EWHC 101 (Admin); Hertfordshire County Council v SOS and Metal and Waste Recycling Ltd [2012] EWHC 277 (Admin); JBS Park Homes (A firm) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Mendip District Council [2018]

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