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Notice varied and upheld26 November 20253363348

Land at Greenacres Mobile Park, Littleton, Semington, Wiltshire, BA14 6HL

Planning appeal 3363348 at Land at Greenacres Mobile Park, Littleton, Semington, Wiltshire, BA14 6HL (Wiltshire Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 26 November 2025 by Inspector King T, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the current provision and the level of need of pitches for gypsy and traveller purposes.

The breach of conditions 2 & 3 of the planning permission referenced 17/10025/FUL, which state the following

Authority
Wiltshire Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Hearing
Development
caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
Inspector
King T
Postcode
BA14 6HL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the current provision and the level of need of pitches for gypsy and traveller purposes
  • whether the occupiers satisfy the 2024 PPTS definition of gypsies and travellers
  • whether the proposal represents a sustainable form of development

What decided it

The Finney judgment's restriction preventing a section 73 deemed application from authorising a different description of development (more pitches than originally permitted) meant the Inspector could not grant permission for the intensified use, regardless of the unmet need.

Although there was a recognised unmet need for gypsy and traveller pitches, the tilted balance under paragraph 11(d) of the Framework could not be applied because the Finney ruling precluded the deemed application from authorising an increase in pitch numbers, so the appeal was dismissed subject to corrections and a variation to the notice.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
CP47
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11
Judgments
Finney v Welsh Ministers & Ors [2019] EWCA Civ 1868; Ahmed v SSCLG & Guildford BC [2017] EWCA Civ 231; Hertfordshire County Council v SSCLG and Metal and Waste Recycling Limited [2012] EWCA Civ 1473

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