Mayfield, Butterwick Road, Messingham, Lincolnshire, DN17 3PA

Change of use and alteration/extension of the accommodation building (application reference PA/2022/341, for two residential mobile homes, two touring caravans and the erection of an amenity block) to a residential bungalow with one residential mobile home and space for two touring caravans

Authority: North Lincolnshire Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector: Edginton A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the development would comply with the local development plan with regard to location
Whether the development would have an adverse effect on the provision of gypsy pitches in the council's area
Whether the development would have an adverse effect on the living conditions of adjacent occupiers

What decided it

The loss of two gypsy pitches for which there is unmet need in the council's area outweighs the appellant's family health concerns.

Framework references: 135

Plan policies cited: CS2, CS3, RD2, CS8, CS10

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