®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed6 November 20233321953
Devon Oaks Holiday Park, Devon Oaks , Bedford Bridge, Devon, PL20 7RY
- Authority
- Dartmoor
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
- Inspector
- Harbottle M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue an LDC was well-founded, which turns on whether the use of the appeal site by alteration of the number of caravans from 9 residential, 18 holiday, 30 touring caravans and 16 chalets, to 18 residential, 36 holiday, 30 touring and up to 16 chalets would have been lawful if instituted on the date of the application
What decided it
The proposed increase and remix of static caravans would bring about a substantial and fundamental change in the definable character of the use of the holiday park, amounting to a material change of use beyond the scope of the 1987 permission.
Judgments cited: Barton Park Estates Ltd v SSHCLG & Dartmoor NPA [2022] EWCA Civ 833; I'm Your Man Ltd v SSE (1999) 77 P&CR 251; Cotswold Grange Country Park LLP v SSCLG & Tewkesbury DC [2014] EWHC 1138 (Admin)
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.