Planning appeal decision
4 Rosebery Road, London, SW2 4DD
Planning appeal 3330626 at 4 Rosebery Road, London, SW2 4DD (London Borough of Lambeth) was dismissed on 25 July 2025 by Inspector Ghafoor A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed residential use facilitated by the stationing of a caravan would constitute development falling within section 55(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, or whether it would be incidental or ancillary to the primary residential use of the same planning unit.
the use of the land for siting a mobile home for use ancillary to the main dwelling
- Authority
- London Borough of Lambeth
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Ghafoor A
- Postcode
- SW2 4DD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed residential use facilitated by the stationing of a caravan would constitute development falling within section 55(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, or whether it would be incidental or ancillary to the primary residential use of the same planning unit
What decided it
The appellant's own evidence demonstrated that the mobile home would be used as the sister's main residence with independent facilities for day-to-day living, which would not be functionally linked to the residential use of the flat, thereby creating a separate planning unit rather than remaining incidental to the primary use.
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