®Planning appeal decision
7 Hall Lane, Chapelthorpe, Wakefield, WF4 3JE
Planning appeal 3353012 at 7 Hall Lane, Chapelthorpe, Wakefield, WF4 3JE (Wakefield Metropolitan District Council) was dismissed on 12 January 2026 by Inspector Savage M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse the certificate of lawfulness is well-founded.
use of the land for siting a mobile home for ancillary use to the main dwelling
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Savage M
- Postcode
- WF4 3JE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse the certificate of lawfulness is well-founded
What decided it
The proposed mobile home would be constructed on-site from multiple sections rather than two separately constructed sections, and would constitute a building requiring planning permission rather than a caravan exempt from planning control.
The decision letter
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