Planning appeal decision
Cherry Tree Cottage, Whittington Hall Lane, Kinver, Stourbridge, DY7 6PW
Planning appeal 3340549 at Cherry Tree Cottage, Whittington Hall Lane, Kinver, Stourbridge, DY7 6PW (South Staffordshire District Council) was dismissed on 16 June 2025 by Inspector Whalley J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the siting of a twin-unit mobile home on ground screw foundations within the domestic curtilage of the dwelling would constitute development requiring planning permission, or would fall within the exemption for uses ancillary to a dwellinghouse under section 55(2)(d) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
Siting of a mobile home for use ancillary to the dwelling at Cherry Tree Cottage
- Authority
- South Staffordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Whalley J
- Postcode
- DY7 6PW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the siting of a twin-unit mobile home on ground screw foundations within the domestic curtilage of the dwelling would constitute development requiring planning permission, or would fall within the exemption for uses ancillary to a dwellinghouse under section 55(2)(d) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
What decided it
The ground screw foundation system, being an integral and essential part of the erection of the twin-unit mobile home, constitutes engineering operations that amount to building works requiring planning permission, and the structure would be physically attached to the ground with permanence.
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