20 Gong Hill Drive, Lower Bourne, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 3HQ

Planning appeal 3357592 at 20 Gong Hill Drive, Lower Bourne, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 3HQ (Waverley Borough Council) was allowed on 1 October 2025 by Inspector Hartley D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded with particular regard to whether (i) the proposal is, by definition, a caravan and, (ii) if not, whether it is a building which would meet the limitations and conditions of Class E of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), and, if not, (iii) whether use of the land for the siting of a caravan would constitute a material change of use of the land requiring planning permission.

the siting of a mobile home to provide a ‘granny annex’ for use by an aged and infirm relative

Authority: Waverley Borough Council
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: caravan-gypsy · Householder developments
Inspector: Hartley D
Postcode: GU10 3HQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded with particular regard to whether (i) the proposal is, by definition, a caravan and, (ii) if not, whether it is a building which would meet the limitations and conditions of Class E of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), and, if not, (iii) whether use of the land for the siting of a caravan would constitute a material change of use of the land requiring planning permission

What decided it

The proposal constitutes a caravan as defined in the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1968 and would be incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse, therefore not amounting to development requiring planning permission.

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