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Quashed On Legal Grounds12 April 20243322357

Haveringland Hall Caravan Park, Haveringland, Norwich, NR10 4PN

Planning appeal 3322357 at Haveringland Hall Caravan Park, Haveringland, Norwich, NR10 4PN (Broadland District Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 12 April 2024 by Inspector Moore D, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the matters alleged in the notice have occurred as a matter of fact, namely whether the twin-unit structures occupied as sole or main residences meet the statutory definition of a 'caravan' for the purposes of condition 2 of planning permission Ref 2016/0531 (ground (b)).

Continued use of holiday caravan park including associated landscaping, internal roads, car parking, pathways, removal of disused show caravan base (enforcement notice alleges breach of condition 2 restricting caravan occupation to holiday purposes only)

Authority
Broadland District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
caravan-gypsy · Major traveller and caravan pitches
Inspector
Moore D
Postcode
NR10 4PN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the matters alleged in the notice have occurred as a matter of fact, namely whether the twin-unit structures occupied as sole or main residences meet the statutory definition of a 'caravan' for the purposes of condition 2 of planning permission Ref 2016/0531 (ground (b))

What decided it

Whether each twin-unit structure was, when assembled, physically capable of being moved by road without structural damage so as to meet the statutory definition of a 'caravan'.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments
Wyre Forest BC v Allen's Caravans [1990] 2 WLR 517; Barton Parks Ltd v SSHCLG [2022] EWCA Civ 883; FSS v Arun DC [2006] EWCA Civ 1172; Wyre Forest DC v SSE [1990] 1 All ER 780; Ynys Mon Isle of Anglesey BC v SSW [1984] JPL 646; Brightlingsea Haven Ltd v Morris [2008] EWHC 1928 (QB); Measor v SSETR [1998] 4 PLR 93; R (oao Save Woolley Valley Action Group) v Bath and North East Somerset Council [2012] EWHC 2161 (Admin)

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