®Planning appeal decision
Cadermist, Iretons Way, CHATTERIS, Cambridgeshire, PE16 6UZ
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
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
Plan policies cited: Policy LP2, Policy LP3, Policy LP12 Part E, Policy LP5 Part D
Judgments cited: Smith v Secretary of State for Levelling Up Housing and Communities & Others [2022] EWCA Civ 1391
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