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Dismissed6 March 20263366502

Rushmere Farm Stables Crossways, Coleford, GL16 8QP

Planning appeal 3366502 at Rushmere Farm Stables Crossways, Coleford, GL16 8QP (Forest of Dean District Council) was dismissed on 6 March 2026 by Inspector Moss J, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The main issue is whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a LDC is well founded.

the use of land for the siting of an unrestricted number of static caravans (within the legal definition of a caravan) for an unrestricted residential purpose all year round and the siting of an unrestricted number of tents for an unrestricted residential purpose all year round together with the siting of an unrestricted number of touring caravans with no individual touring caravan being sited on the site for longer than 4 weeks (as required by condition 03 of planning permission P1042/12/FUL)

Authority
Forest of Dean District Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector
Moss J
Postcode
GL16 8QP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The main issue is whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a LDC is well founded.

What decided it

The Inspector concluded that the permanent residential element of the proposed use would, as a matter of fact and degree, constitute a material change of use from the existing lawful temporary holiday/tourism use, and so was not permitted.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments
Trump International Golf Club Scotland Ltd v the Scottish Ministers [2015] UKSC 74; Lambeth LBC v SSCLG & Others [2019] UKSC 33; Hillside Parks Ltd v Snowdonia National Park Authority [2022] UKSC 30; Breckland DC v SSHCLG & Plumtree Country Park Limited (CO/1919/2019); Pioneer Aggregates (UK) Ltd v SSE [1984] JPL 651; Slough Estates v Slough BC [1969] 21 P&CR 573; R (oao Shepway DC) v Ashford BC [1998] EWHC Admin 488; I'm Your Man Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment [1999] 77 P&CR 251; R (oao) Altunkaynak v Northamptonshire Magistrates Court & Kettering Borough Council [2012] EWHC 174 (Admin); Lambeth London Borough Council v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government [2019] UKSC 33; [2019] 1 W.L.R. 4317; Winchester CC v SSCLG [2013] EWHC 101 (Admin); Cotswold Grange Country Park v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2014] EWHC 1138 (Admin)

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

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