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Dismissed9 January 20253336810

20 Marlin Square, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, WD5 0EG

Planning appeal 3336810 at 20 Marlin Square, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, WD5 0EG (Three Rivers District Council) was dismissed on 9 January 2025 by Inspector Kean G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a lawful development certificate was well-founded, irrespective of the reasons for that decision.

Siting of a caravan/mobile home for ancillary residential use

Authority
Three Rivers District Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector
Kean G
Postcode
WD5 0EG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a lawful development certificate was well-founded, irrespective of the reasons for that decision

What decided it

The structure, as assembled and fixed to concrete pads with a timber sub-frame in a confined rear garden space, is not capable of being moved in its assembled state as required by the statutory definition of a caravan, and constitutes building operations requiring planning permission.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments
Barvis v Secretary of State for the Environment (1971) 22 P. & C.R. 710; R. v Swansea City Council Ex p. Elitestone Ltd (1993) 66 P. & C.R. 422; Carter and another v Secretary of State for the Environment and another [1994] 2 EGLR 194

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

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