Planning appeal decision
The Forge, Branch Road, The Reddings, Cheltenham, GL51 6RH
Planning appeal 3331569 at The Forge, Branch Road, The Reddings, Cheltenham, GL51 6RH (Cheltenham Borough Council) was allowed on 19 December 2024 by Inspector Bond V, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the Council's refusal was well-founded, which turns upon whether the development as described was lawful as at the date of the lawful development certificate application.
Use of land as a caravan site without restriction as to layout or numbers of caravans
- Authority
- Cheltenham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Major traveller and caravan pitches
- Inspector
- Bond V
- Postcode
- GL51 6RH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the Council's refusal was well-founded, which turns upon whether the development as described was lawful as at the date of the lawful development certificate application
What decided it
The 2023 LDC conclusively presumed the lawfulness of the caravan site use under section 191(6) of the 1990 Act, and the use applied for fell within that certified baseline, making the Council's refusal not well-founded.
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