Land South of Unit 4, RS Car Sales, Hempton Road, FAKENHAM, NR21 7LA

the siting of a static caravan to provide overnight security accommodation

Authority: North Norfolk District Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Change of use
Inspector: Whitfield J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the material change of use of the Land for the siting of a caravan for overnight accommodation would comply with local plan and national planning policy which seeks to steer new development away from areas at the highest risk of flooding
Whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for residential development, having regard to local and national planning policies which seek to control residential development in the countryside
Whether the LPA's decision to refuse the application for a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded

What decided it

The development's location in Flood Zone 2 and classification as highly vulnerable residential use, combined with the absence of an essential need for residential occupation in the countryside, rendered it contrary to local and national planning policy.

Framework references: 165, 89

Plan policies cited: Policy EN10, Policy SS2

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