Planning appeal decision
Bowood Farm, Roborough, Winkleigh, Devon, EX19 8TE
Planning appeal 3352946 at Bowood Farm, Roborough, Winkleigh, Devon, EX19 8TE (Torridge District Council) was allowed on 3 December 2025 by Inspector Braithwaite J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the siting and occupation of the mobile home in breach of condition 1 of planning permission 1/0437/2013/FUL for in excess of 10 years constitutes a lawful use.
Siting and occupation of a mobile home
- Authority
- Torridge District Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Braithwaite J
- Postcode
- EX19 8TE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the siting and occupation of the mobile home in breach of condition 1 of planning permission 1/0437/2013/FUL for in excess of 10 years constitutes a lawful use
What decided it
The appellant occupied the mobile home in breach of condition for in excess of 10 years and was not employed in connection with building operations, making the use lawful by virtue of the ten-year rule.
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