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Allowed3 September 20243338845

Old Orchard Farm, Hillam Road, Gateforth, YO8 9LQ

Planning appeal 3338845 at Old Orchard Farm, Hillam Road, Gateforth, YO8 9LQ (Selby District Council *) was allowed on 3 September 2024 by Inspector Hainsworth D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the change of use of land from agriculture to the siting of a mobile home for use as a dwelling constitutes a material change of use that broke continuity when the original mobile home was replaced by a new mobile home in a different position on the land.

Use of mobile home as dwelling

Authority
Selby District Council *
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Hainsworth D
Postcode
YO8 9LQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the change of use of land from agriculture to the siting of a mobile home for use as a dwelling constitutes a material change of use that broke continuity when the original mobile home was replaced by a new mobile home in a different position on the land

What decided it

The replacement of the original mobile home with a new one in a different position on the land did not constitute a material change of use for planning purposes, as the mixed use of the land for agriculture and residential mobile home use continued without material change.

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