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Allowed2 March 20233299260

Ashbear House, Elworthy, Lydeard St. Lawrence, Taunton, TA4 3PY

Planning appeal 3299260 at Ashbear House, Elworthy, Lydeard St. Lawrence, Taunton, TA4 3PY (Exmoor) was allowed on 2 March 2023 by Inspector Jarratt P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Authority's decision to refuse an LDC was well-founded, centring on whether the proposed domestic use of the mobile home would be ancillary to the main dwelling on the site.

for the stationing of a mobile home within a residential garden to provide ancillary accommodation

Authority
Exmoor
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Jarratt P
Postcode
TA4 3PY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Authority's decision to refuse an LDC was well-founded, centring on whether the proposed domestic use of the mobile home would be ancillary to the main dwelling on the site

What decided it

The appellants provided precise and unambiguous evidence of how the mobile home would be occupied ancillary to the main dwelling, with no contradictory evidence from the Authority, establishing on the balance of probabilities that the use would not constitute development.

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