Planning appeal decision
Kennack Sands Holiday Park, Kennack Sands, Kuggar, Ruan Minor, Helston, TR12 7LT
Planning appeal 3368749 at Kennack Sands Holiday Park, Kennack Sands, Kuggar, Ruan Minor, Helston, TR12 7LT (Cornwall Council) was allowed on 3 November 2025 by Inspector Jarratt P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to determine the application for a description of a use not so described by the appellant was well-founded.
Use of land as a caravan site without compliance with conditions 1, 2, 6 and 9 attached to planning permission W2/51/2936/F; stationing of 55 static caravans with associated ancillary and incidental land
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Major traveller and caravan pitches
- Inspector
- Jarratt P
- Postcode
- TR12 7LT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to determine the application for a description of a use not so described by the appellant was well-founded
What decided it
The evidence demonstrated that the breaches of conditions 1, 2, 6 and 9 had been continuous for more than 10 years prior to the application date, making them immune from enforcement action and therefore lawful.
What the Inspector cited
- Judgments
- Ocado Retail Ltd v Islington LBC [2021] EWHC 1509 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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