Planning appeal decision
Blunsdon Caravan Park, Main Drive Blunsdon Abbey Park, Blunsdon, Swindon, SN25 2DU
Planning appeal 3292022 at Blunsdon Caravan Park, Main Drive Blunsdon Abbey Park, Blunsdon, Swindon, SN25 2DU (Swindon Borough Council) was dismissed on 22 June 2022 by Inspector Graham Self, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the 1966 planning permission for 12 additional caravans was implemented and remains extant.
Use of the land as a caravan site for the siting of no more than 112 residential caravans
- Authority
- Swindon Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Graham Self
- Postcode
- SN25 2DU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the 1966 planning permission for 12 additional caravans was implemented and remains extant
What decided it
The appellant failed to discharge the burden of proof on the balance of probability that the 1966 permission for 12 additional caravans was implemented, given the ambiguous evidence and concerns about mixed uses on the site.
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