Planning appeal decision
Parks Farm, Brompton Ralph , Taunton , TA4 3PS
Planning appeal 3321487 at Parks Farm, Brompton Ralph , Taunton , TA4 3PS (Somerset West and Taunton *) was decided (invalid) on 1 May 2024 by Inspector Allen M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice is defective and a nullity due to failure to specify the use of land to which the mobile home is being put.
Change of use of land to use for the stationing of a mobile home
- Authority
- Somerset West and Taunton *
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Allen M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the enforcement notice is defective and a nullity due to failure to specify the use of land to which the mobile home is being put
What decided it
The enforcement notice is defective on its face because it fails to specify the use of land to which the mobile home is being put, and correction would cause injustice to the appellant.
What the Inspector cited
- Judgments
- Miller-Mead v MHLG [1963] 2 WLR 225
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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