Planning appeal decision
Sandy View, Sandy Lane, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 0DL
Planning appeal 3274234 at Sandy View, Sandy Lane, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 0DL (Melton Borough Council) was allowed on 22 June 2023 by Inspector Renaudon L, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether permission is required, or has already been granted, for the development as alleged (and if that allegation is correct).
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
- Postcode
- LE13 0DL
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
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SS3Policy C6Policy H21
- Judgments
- 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
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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