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Notice varied and upheld24 February 20253329563

Land at Low Hall Farm , Kettlewell, North Yorkshire, BD23 5QZ

Planning appeal 3329563 at Land at Low Hall Farm , Kettlewell, North Yorkshire, BD23 5QZ (Yorkshire Dales) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 24 February 2025 by Inspector Harbottle M, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether it can be demonstrated, on the balance of probabilities, that the material change of use to a mixed use comprising a camping and caravan site and agriculture was instituted on or before 8 August 2013 (the Relevant Date), 10 years before the notice was issued.

Without planning permission, the change of use of the land to use for the siting of touring caravans (including campervans) and tents for residential holiday purposes (“a camping and caravan site”)

Authority
Yorkshire Dales
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector
Harbottle M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether it can be demonstrated, on the balance of probabilities, that the material change of use to a mixed use comprising a camping and caravan site and agriculture was instituted on or before 8 August 2013 (the Relevant Date), 10 years before the notice was issued
  • Whether it can be demonstrated, on the balance of probabilities, that the mixed use continued without significant interruption for not less than 10 years
  • Whether it can be demonstrated, on the balance of probabilities, that use of the land as a seasonal camping and caravan site (1 March to 31 October each year) was instituted on or before the Relevant Date of 1 August 2012 and continued thereafter without significant interruption for not less than 10 years

What decided it

The evidence showed that summer hay cropping (and the associated seasonal restriction on camping/caravan use) had only ended between 2017 and 2022, meaning the claimed 10-year period of uninterrupted mixed or exclusive camping and caravan use could not be established before the relevant dates.

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