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Planning permission granted27 November 20233316943

Cadermist, Iretons Way, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, PE16 6UZ

Planning appeal 3316943 at Cadermist, Iretons Way, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, PE16 6UZ (Fenland District Council) was allowed on 27 November 2023 by Inspector Lewis D, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on the living conditions and amenity of the occupiers of the site and the occupiers of the neighbouring residential property.

Without planning permission, the change of use of land from a single dwellinghouse (use class C3) to the mixed use of a dwellinghouse and the stationing of caravans as separate residential units

Authority
Fenland District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Hearing
Development
caravan-gypsy · Major traveller and caravan pitches
Inspector
Lewis D
Postcode
PE16 6UZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the development on the living conditions and amenity of the occupiers of the site and the occupiers of the neighbouring residential property.
  • Whether the development is in an appropriate location to meet accommodation need.

What decided it

A reduction to four static caravans for the appellant's extended Traveller family, controlled by planning conditions, would overcome the living conditions harm and satisfy Policy LP5 Part D given identified traveller pitch need and personal circumstances.

the identified need for gypsy and traveller pitches, the absence of a five year supply of deliverable traveller sites, and the appellant family's personal circumstances outweighed the residual harm, once the number of caravans was reduced from eight to four and controlled by conditions

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy LP2Policy LP3Policy LP12 Part EPolicy LP5 Part D
Judgments
Smith v Secretary of State for Levelling Up Housing and Communities & Others [2022] EWCA Civ 1391

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

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