Planning appeal decision
Land Known As Land at Tolcarne Road, Beacon, TR14 9AA
Planning appeal 3298472 at Land Known As Land at Tolcarne Road, Beacon, TR14 9AA (Cornwall Council) was dismissed on 17 October 2023 by Inspector Jarratt P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the alleged change of use to residential caravan use occurred more than ten years prior to the enforcement notice and has been continuous during that time.
without planning permission, the change of use of land from agricultural to residential for the stationing of a caravan being used for residential purposes
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Jarratt P
- Postcode
- TR14 9AA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the alleged change of use to residential caravan use occurred more than ten years prior to the enforcement notice and has been continuous during that time
What decided it
The appellant failed to demonstrate on the balance of probability that residential use of the caravan occurred before the relevant date and continued largely uninterrupted for the required ten-year period, as evidenced by Council enforcement investigations showing the caravans were used for storage and non-residential purposes during the critical period.
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