®Planning appeal decision
Sandy View, Sandy Lane, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 0DL
the use of the Site for the stationing of residential mobile homes, comprising up to 11 mobile homes being used for private rented accommodation and the associated installation of services, which for the avoidance of doubt is not in accordance with the planning permission for the Site
- Authority
- Melton Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Renaudon L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether permission is required, or has already been granted, for the development as alleged (and if that allegation is correct)
- Whether, if permission is required, it should be granted
- If permission is not granted, whether the steps required to be taken exceed what is necessary to achieve the purposes of the notice
- Whether the time specified for compliance with the notice falls short of what should reasonably be allowed
What decided it
The Inspector's finding that the highway authority's safety objection was unsubstantiated and that the site satisfied the local Gypsy and Traveller site policy (Policy C6), meaning the proposal accorded with the development plan.
the proposal was found to accord with the development plan for Gypsy and Traveller accommodation and no material considerations of sufficient weight indicated a decision otherwise, so permission was granted
Plan policies cited: Policy SS3, Policy C6, Policy H21
Judgments cited: Wipperman v Barking LBC [1965] 17 P&CR 755; Beach v SSETR & Runnymede BC [2001] EWHC 381 (Admin); Newbury DC v SSE & Others [1981] AC 578
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.