Edkins Park, 125a Aston Cantlow Road, Wilmcote, Warwickshire, CV39 9XP

the existing use of the entire site (4.5 acres) as a caravan site in accordance with planning permission ref 63/5/8

Authority: Stratford-on-Avon District Council
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Hearing
Development: caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
Inspector: Boffin D

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The main issue is whether the Council’s decision to refuse to grant the LDC was well-founded.

What decided it

On the balance of probabilities, the application site for the 1963 permission was found to cover only the south-western part of the site bounded by the '1963 Line', not the entire 4.5 acres as claimed in the LDC application.

Framework references: 56

Judgments cited: Swalecliffe Chalet Owners’ Association v First Secretary of State [2004] EWHC 2666 (Admin); Williams-Denton v Watford Rural District Council [1963] 15 P. & C.R. 11; R v Axbridge Rural District Council ex parte Wormald [1964] 1 W.L.R. 442

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