®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent to Wheal Bidden Farm, Twelveheads, Truro, Cornwall, TR4 8PQ
without planning permission, the material change of use of land from agricultural use to a mixed use comprising of agricultural and residential use, through the siting of a static caravan for residential purposes and the siting a touring caravan used in connection with the residential use. Also, the storage of non-agricultural materials on the site
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Baxter C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether, at the time the enforcement notice was issued, it was too late for enforcement action to be taken under section 174(2)(d) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
What decided it
The contradictory evidence regarding when residential use commenced, combined with the 2023 planning application's failure to reference the caravan as residential accommodation and its indication that the appellant had separate rental accommodation, meant the appellant failed to discharge the burden of proof that the use had been continuous and uninterrupted for 10 years before 28 November 2014.
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