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

Planning appeal 3277211 at Green Meadows Caravan Park, Bamfurlong Lane, Staverton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 6SN (Tewkesbury Borough Council) was allowed on 11 November 2021 by Inspector Hanson S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.

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
Postcode: GL51 6SN

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.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments: 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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