Field Number 4073, Countesthorpe Road, Whetstone, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE8 6LD

the change of use of land to use as a residential caravan site for 3 Gypsy families, each with 2 caravans including no more than one static caravan/mobile home, together with laying of hardstanding and erection of two amenity buildings

Authority: Blaby District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
Inspector: Fort G

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the appeal scheme on highway safety, including whether a safe and suitable access to the site can be achieved

What decided it

The Inspector's conclusion that, applying Manual for Streets 2 (rather than DMRB) visibility standards and given only a modest increase in traffic, a safe and suitable access could be achieved, subject to conditions.

Framework references: 56

Plan policies cited: Policy CS9, Policy SA4

Judgments cited: Lisa Smith v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities [2022] EWCA Civ 1391

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