Land south of Oakley Park, Ashley Road, Middleton, Northamptonshire, LE16 8YP

Authority: North Northamptonshire
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector: Harbottle M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Appeal A: Whether the caravans were stationed in connection with residential use or were being stored
Appeal B: Whether the engineering operations and change of use to storage of caravans were within the scope of the 2023 permission and whether the notice requirements should be varied or compliance periods extended

What decided it

For Appeal A: the Council's acceptance that caravans were stored not stationed for residential use. For Appeal B: the 2023 permission had not been lawfully commenced as required conditions were never submitted and the commencement deadline of 18 April 2026 had passed, making the operational development unlawful.

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