®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed31 January 20243304656
Sumet, Mucking Wharf Road, STANFORD-LE-HOPE, Essex, SS17 0RN
described on the application form as: Caravan site
- Authority
- Thurrock Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
- Inspector
- Preston C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether lawful use rights as a caravan site had been established as a result of the passage of time in relation to use of the land in breach of condition 1 of planning permission 00/00170/FUL
- If such use rights had been established, whether they were lost when the caravan was removed and a dwellinghouse erected, or whether there is a right of reversion following compliance with the enforcement notice served in 2020
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide sufficiently clear, unambiguous and precise evidence to demonstrate that the site had been continuously used as a caravan site in breach of condition 1 for any ten-year period from April 2003, and therefore failed to establish that lawful use rights had been acquired by the passage of time.
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.