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Planning permission granted15 July 20253354520

Lazy Acre, Watling Crescent, Clifton Upon Dunsmore, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV23 0AH

Planning appeal 3354520 at Lazy Acre, Watling Crescent, Clifton Upon Dunsmore, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV23 0AH (Rugby Borough Council) was allowed on 15 July 2025 by Inspector Harbottle M, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the residential use and associated works on the rural character and appearance of the location.

Appeal A: material change of use from agriculture to mixed use as agriculture and siting of caravans for residential use; Appeal B: unauthorised hardstanding, outbuilding, fencing and gates

Authority
Rugby Borough Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Hearing
Development
caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector
Harbottle M
Postcode
CV23 0AH

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the residential use and associated works on the rural character and appearance of the location.
  • Whether there is good access to local services such as schools and health facilities.
  • The need, supply and availability of Gypsy and Traveller pitches in Rugby.

What decided it

The significant unmet need and lack of a 5-year supply of Traveller pitches, combined with acceptable (landscaping-mitigated) impacts on rural character, justified granting permission for the caravan use and most operational development, while the unacceptably imposing frontage fencing and gates were refused due to harm to rural character.

Significant weight given to the lack of a 5-year supply of Traveller pitches, the immediate unmet need, and the absence of alternative sites outweighed the limited, landscaping-mitigated harm to rural character for the use, hardstanding, outbuilding and side/rear fencing, but this benefit did not outweigh the unacceptable harm caused by the frontage fencing and gates, which was refused.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SDC1Policy SDC2Policy DS2Policy NE1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 110

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