Planning appeal decision
Milbur Mill Road, Burgh Castle, Great Yarmouth, NR31 9QP
Planning appeal 3368669 at Milbur Mill Road, Burgh Castle, Great Yarmouth, NR31 9QP (Great Yarmouth Borough Council) was dismissed on 7 May 2026 by Inspector Satheesan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control or injury to amenity.
Without planning permission and within the last 10 years, the material change of use of the land from Agricultural Land to a Sui Generis use as a residential caravan site. This unauthorised development of the land constitutes a breach of planning controls for the purposes of the above Act
- Authority
- Great Yarmouth Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Satheesan R
- Postcode
- NR31 9QP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control or injury to amenity
What decided it
The appellants did not appeal on ground (a), therefore planning merit arguments regarding affordable housing and minimal impact could not be considered, and the enforcement notice was properly aimed at remedying the breach of planning control.
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