Planning appeal decision
Hulks Farm Allaston Road, Lydney, GL15 4EX
Planning appeal 3350832 at Hulks Farm Allaston Road, Lydney, GL15 4EX (Forest of Dean District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 28 January 2026 by Inspector Hanson S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the siting and use of the caravan result in a material change of use of the land which requires planning permission.
Without planning permission, the material change of use of land for the siting of a static caravan, being used as a separate residential unit
- Authority
- Forest of Dean District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hanson S
- Postcode
- GL15 4EX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the siting and use of the caravan result in a material change of use of the land which requires planning permission
What decided it
The appellants failed to demonstrate that the caravan was used incidentally or ancillary to the main dwellinghouse, instead constituting an independent residential unit and separate planning unit requiring planning permission.
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