Land Adjoining Longfield, Hyde Chase, Woodham Mortimer, Maldon, Essex, CM9 6TN

Planning appeal 3319780 at Land Adjoining Longfield, Hyde Chase, Woodham Mortimer, Maldon, Essex, CM9 6TN (Maldon District Council) was allowed on 23 August 2024 by Inspector Dignan P, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the site can be considered as acceptable in policy terms, having regard to access to services and facilities, and the location of the site in the countryside, and the effect on the character and appearance of the area.

Material change of use of the Land to use for the stationing of caravans for residential purposes

Authority: Maldon District Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Hearing
Development: caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector: Dignan P
Postcode: CM9 6TN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the site can be considered as acceptable in policy terms, having regard to access to services and facilities, and the location of the site in the countryside, and the effect on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

the substantial unmet need for traveller sites, absence of alternative sites, and the best interests of the children on site outweighed the harm arising from the unauthorised nature of the development

the weight attached to unmet traveller site need, absence of alternative accommodation, and the children's best interests outweighed the harm due to the unauthorised nature of the development

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy T2Policy N2Policy S1Policy S8Policy H6Policy H6(f)
Judgments: Lisa Smith v SSLUHC & others [2022] EWCA Civ 1391

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