Planning appeal decision
Trekenning Tourist Park, Trekenning, Newquay, Cornwall, TR8 4JF
Planning appeal 3303508 at Trekenning Tourist Park, Trekenning, Newquay, Cornwall, TR8 4JF (Cornwall Council) was dismissed on 19 June 2023 by Inspector Jarratt P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded.
the change of use of land from equestrian/agricultural to leisure for Trekenning Tourist Park (Caravan Site) for as continuous period of no less than 10 years prior to the application
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Jarratt P
- Postcode
- TR8 4JF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded
What decided it
The appellants failed to provide sufficiently precise and unambiguous evidence that a material change of use to leisure had occurred and been continuous for 10 years or more, with the evidence indicating only casual and intermittent dog walking and leisure activities amounting to de minimis use.
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