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Quashed On Legal Grounds8 May 20253343859

The Old Dairy, Walford, Ross-on-Wye, HR9 5RF

Planning appeal 3343859 at The Old Dairy, Walford, Ross-on-Wye, HR9 5RF (Herefordshire Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 8 May 2025 by Inspector Preston C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the siting and occupation of a caravan for residential purposes constitutes a breach of planning control, or whether it amounts to permitted development under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.

Without planning permission, unauthorised material change of use of the land from agricultural use to a mixed use for agricultural use and to site a caravan in the approximate position marked ‘x’ on the attached plan, for a residential purpose

Authority
Herefordshire Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector
Preston C
Postcode
HR9 5RF

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the siting and occupation of a caravan for residential purposes constitutes a breach of planning control, or whether it amounts to permitted development under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015

What decided it

The appellant was employed in connection with building operations for the conversion of The Old Dairy under an existing planning permission, and substantial construction work had been undertaken, satisfying the requirements for permitted development under Class A, Part 5 of Schedule 2 of the GPDO.

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