®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent Heathfields, Clacton Road, Weeley, CO16 9EJ
change of use of land for the creation of 1 no. Gypsy/Traveller Pitches, comprising the siting of 1 mobile home and 1 touring caravan, per pitch alongside the formation of hardstanding and erection of dayroom (converted stable building). Summary
- Authority
- Tendring District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Major traveller and caravan pitches
- Inspector
- Pleasant L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the provision of and need for Gypsy and traveller sites in the district, having particular regard to local and national planning policy
- the effect on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect on ecological matters, including biodiversity
- the effect on designated European conservation sites
What decided it
the significant, unmitigated harm to woodland character and to biodiversity/ecology from the development outweighed the neutral other considerations including need and personal circumstances
significant harm to character and appearance and to biodiversity/ecology outweighed the neutral considerations of Gypsy/Traveller need, European site effects and alternative accommodation, so the appeals were dismissed
Plan policies cited: Policy LP9, Policy SP7, Policy SPL3, Policy PPL3, Policy PPL4
Judgments cited: Smith v SSLUHC & Ors [2022] EWCA Civ 1391
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