Green Meadows Caravan Park, Bamfurlong Lane, Staverton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 6SN

for the use of land for the siting of 37 caravans for residential purposes

Authority: Tewkesbury Borough Council
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: caravan-gypsy · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Hanson S

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded, turning on whether the use of the land for the siting of 37 caravans for residential purposes would result in a material change of use of the land and thus constitute development

What decided it

The additional caravan would be sited on land mostly already in residential use as a garden area and for parking, and its addition would not materially change the definable character of the use of the site.

Judgments cited: I'm Your Man Ltd v SSE & North Somerset DC [1999] 4 PLR 107; Cotswold Grange Country Park v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2014] EWHC 1138 (Admin)

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