Land to North East side of Lanchester Avenue (Known as 8 Lanchester Ave), Jaywick, CLACTON-ON-SEA, Essex, CO15 2LL

described as “the stationing of a mobile home for residential purposes represents change of use of land for which planning permission is required and not obtained

Authority: Tendring District Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector: White P

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the mobile home constitutes a building or erection such that its placement amounts to the erection of a dwelling
Whether the land has a lawful residential use such that the stationing of the mobile home does not amount to a material change of use
Whether the time given to comply with the enforcement notice (3 months) is too short

What decided it

The mobile home is not a building but a caravan capable of being moved, and the land has no lawful residential use, therefore the stationing of the mobile home for residential purposes constitutes a material change of use requiring planning permission.

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