Kittington Farm, Nonington, DOVER, CT15 4ET

without planning permission the material change of use of the land identified on the attached plan from agriculture to a mixed use for agriculture and as a caravan site for the stationing of two caravans for permanent residential occupation and the siting of shipping containers for ancillary residential use, shown in the approximate location on the attached plan

Authority: Dover District Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector: Jones R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the breach of planning control alleged in the enforcement notice has occurred as a matter of fact
Whether the enforcement notice was issued outside the relevant time limits for immunity from enforcement action
Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice are excessive to remedy the breach of planning control
Whether the 12 month compliance period is too short

What decided it

The appellant's evidence regarding the touring caravan and containers was insufficiently precise to demonstrate they were not used for residential purposes, and the enforcement notice requirements were appropriately tailored to remedy the breach of planning control through corrected and varied requirements.

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