®Planning appeal decision
Hillside Caravan Park, 93 Bramingham Road, LUTON, Beds, LU3 2SL
material change of use of land as a residential caravan site for 4 gypsy families, each with 2 caravans, including no more than one static caravan
- Authority
- Luton Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
- Inspector
- Sargent J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the scheme harms the significance of the Waulud's Bank Scheduled Monument (the Monument)
- whether it is intentional unauthorised development
- and, if harm would result from either of these considerations, whether there are any public benefits that outweigh that harm
What decided it
The great weight required to be given to the less than substantial harm to the significance of the scheduled monument outweighed the public benefits advanced, including gypsy site need and personal circumstances.
The great weight afforded to the less than substantial (mid-range) harm to the scheduled monument outweighed the public benefits, including the Council's failure to meet gypsy site supply requirements, personal circumstances, the children's best interests, and the prospect of a nomadic existence.
Plan policies cited: Policy LLP30, Policy LLP20
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