Land at Williams Farm, Kiln Pit Hill, Consett, Northumberland, DH8 9SB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

• Appeal A: whether the Appellant has demonstrated on the balance of probabilities that the 2 caravans have been stationed on the Land and continuously used for residential purposes for more than 10 years before the date of issue of the notice, so as to be immune from enforcement.
• Appeal B: whether the matters stated in the notice constitute a breach of planning control.

What decided it

In Appeal A, the Appellant's inability to provide credible evidence of continuous residential use for the required statutory period, contradicted by the Appellant's own previous statements to the Council. In Appeal B, the permanence of the structures and the fact that the land measured under 5 hectares meant the buildings required planning permission and did not benefit from permitted development rights.