®Planning appeal decision
29 Alrewas Road, Kings Bromley, Burton-on-Trent, DE13 7HW
Planning appeal 3341064 at 29 Alrewas Road, Kings Bromley, Burton-on-Trent, DE13 7HW (Lichfield District Council) was dismissed on 3 October 2024 by Inspector Whalley J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Appeal A: Whether the proposed mobile home would constitute a caravan within the meaning of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 and the Caravan Sites Act 1968, or whether it would constitute development requiring planning permission.
Appeal A: Use of the land for siting of a mobile home for use ancillary to the main dwelling. Appeal B: Erection of a single storey granny annexe for ancillary use to the main dwelling.
- Authority
- Lichfield District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Whalley J
- Postcode
- DE13 7HW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Appeal A: Whether the proposed mobile home would constitute a caravan within the meaning of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 and the Caravan Sites Act 1968, or whether it would constitute development requiring planning permission.
- Appeal B: Whether the proposed single storey granny annexe would comply with Policy BE1 (High Quality Development) and the requirements of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 in relation to the character and appearance of the Kings Bromley Conservation Area.
What decided it
Appeal A: the proposed structure would not meet the statutory definition of a caravan and would constitute development requiring planning permission. Appeal B: the flat-roofed utilitarian annexe would fail to preserve the character and appearance of the Kings Bromley Conservation Area and would not comply with Policy BE1.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy BE1 (High Quality Development)
- Judgments
- Cardiff Rating Authority v Guest Keens [1949] 1 KB 385
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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