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Allowed2 April 20243332453

Stonehenge Touring Park, Whatcombe Brow, Orcheston, Salisbury, SP3 4SH

Planning appeal 3332453 at Stonehenge Touring Park, Whatcombe Brow, Orcheston, Salisbury, SP3 4SH (Wiltshire Council) was allowed on 2 April 2024 by Inspector Braithwaite J, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The interpretation of the first sentence of condition 3 of planning permission ref S/88/1267/TP and whether its breach is immune from enforcement (Appeal A).

Appeal A: whether failure to comply with condition 3 of planning permission S/88/1267/TP is lawful; Appeal B: whether use of land as part of a caravan site is lawful

Authority
Wiltshire Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector
Braithwaite J
Postcode
SP3 4SH

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The interpretation of the first sentence of condition 3 of planning permission ref S/88/1267/TP and whether its breach is immune from enforcement (Appeal A)
  • Whether the Appeal B land is lawfully part of the caravan site to which the Appeal A permission relates (Appeal B)

What decided it

The grammatical and contextual interpretation of the word 'only' in the first sentence of condition 3, determining that it limited touring caravans to the permitted season rather than restricting the permission solely to touring caravans.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments
Hillside Parks Ltd v Snowdonia NPA [2022] UKSC 30; Royal London Mutual Insurance Society Ltd v SOSCLG [2013] EWHC 3597 (Admin)

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