Planning appeal decision
Land at 36-38 Witts Hill, Southampton, SO18 4QH
Planning appeal 3340152 at Land at 36-38 Witts Hill, Southampton, SO18 4QH (Southampton City Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 31 May 2024 by Inspector Hawkins S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the breach of planning control alleged in the enforcement notice (erection of a building) has occurred.
without planning permission, the erection of a building
- Authority
- Southampton City Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Hawkins S
- Postcode
- SO18 4QH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the breach of planning control alleged in the enforcement notice (erection of a building) has occurred
What decided it
The unit's mobility (mounted on a wheeled chassis with removable supports and no permanent ground connections) and lack of physical attachment to the ground meant it did not exhibit the permanence and attachment characteristics of a building and therefore constituted a caravan.
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