Planning appeal decision
Lookout Holiday Parks Ltd., Corfe Road, Stoborough, BH20 5AZ
Planning appeal 3276740 at Lookout Holiday Parks Ltd., Corfe Road, Stoborough, BH20 5AZ (Dorset) was dismissed on 25 October 2021 by Inspector Jarratt P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Appeal A: whether the Council were correct in their assessment that the s73 application was invalid.
the variation of condition 6 of 6/2001/0929 to remove the restriction limiting the occupation of touring caravans and tents
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Jarratt P
- Postcode
- BH20 5AZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Appeal A: whether the Council were correct in their assessment that the s73 application was invalid
- Appeal B: whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant an LDC was well-founded
What decided it
The description of development in the original planning permission explicitly refers to touring caravans, and varying the condition to permit other caravan types would contradict this operative part of the permission, which is beyond the powers of s73.
What the Inspector cited
- Judgments
- Finney v Welsh Ministers & Others [2019] EWCA Civ 1868
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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