Planning appeal decision
Lea Homes Residential Caravan Park, Nantwich Road, Nantwich, CW5 8ED
Planning appeal 3321473 at Lea Homes Residential Caravan Park, Nantwich Road, Nantwich, CW5 8ED (Cheshire East) was dismissed on 11 March 2024 by Inspector Merrett R, following a hearing.
The stationing of residential caravans for non-gypsy persons in excess of 10 years in breach of Condition 2 of planning permission 4/5/8521
- Authority
- Cheshire East
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Major traveller and caravan pitches
- Inspector
- Merrett R
- Postcode
- CW5 8ED
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide sufficiently precise, unambiguous evidence to demonstrate, on the balance of probability, a continuous 10-year breach of the condition by non-Gypsy occupiers on any identifiable plot or the site as a whole.
What the Inspector cited
- Judgments
- R (oao St Anselm Development Co Ltd) v FSS & Westminster CC [2003] EWHC 1592 (Admin); Royale Parks Ltd v SSHCLG [2021] EWCA Civ 1101; I'm Your Man Ltd v SSE & North Somerset DC [1999] 4 PLR 107; Cotswold Grange Country Park LLP v SSCLG & Tewkesbury BC [2014] JPL 981
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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