Beggars Roost, Woolage Green Road, Woolage Green, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 6SF

Planning appeal 3325471 at Beggars Roost, Woolage Green Road, Woolage Green, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 6SF (Canterbury City Council) was dismissed on 18 April 2024 by Inspector Dignan P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse the LDC was well-founded, turning on whether the appeal site could, on the date of the application, be lawfully used as a caravan site, and if so, whether there are any restrictions on that use.

Certificate of lawful use or development for use of land as a caravan site

Authority: Canterbury City Council
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector: Dignan P
Postcode: CT4 6SF

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the Council's decision to refuse the LDC was well-founded, turning on whether the appeal site could, on the date of the application, be lawfully used as a caravan site, and if so, whether there are any restrictions on that use

What decided it

The incorporation of a substantial part of the Wishing Well caravan site into Beggars Roost and replacement of caravan site infrastructure by residential building and associated development rendered the 1974 planning permission incapable of implementation in accordance with its terms.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments: Pioneer Aggregates (UK) Ltd v SSE [1984] 2 All ER 358; [1984] JPL 651; Panton & Farmer v SSETR & Vale Horse DC [1999] JPL 461; Stone v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2014] EWHC 1456 (Admin)

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