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Dismissed12 September 20253335652

5 Pine Drive, Blackwater, Camberley, GU17 9BG

Planning appeal 3335652 at 5 Pine Drive, Blackwater, Camberley, GU17 9BG (Hart District Council) was dismissed on 12 September 2025 by Inspector Madge M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's refusal to issue a certificate of lawful use or development is well founded, turning on whether the appellant can show that what is proposed is the stationing of a caravan.

siting of a caravan to be used for residential purposes ancillary to the host dwelling

Authority
Hart District Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Madge M
Postcode
GU17 9BG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's refusal to issue a certificate of lawful use or development is well founded, turning on whether the appellant can show that what is proposed is the stationing of a caravan

What decided it

The appellant failed to demonstrate on the balance of probabilities that the assembled structure would meet all three statutory tests (construction, mobility, and size) required to qualify as a caravan under the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1968.

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