LAND AT MENTELY LANE WEST, PUCKERIDGE, WARE, SG11 1US

A partially retrospective planning application for the material change of use of land to a caravan site for 6 x Gypsy and Traveller pitches with associated access hardstanding, landscaping, and waste water treatment plants. Appeal B: APP/J1915/C/25/3375435, 3375436, 3375437, 3375438, 3375439, 3375440, 3375441 (7 appeals) Land At Mentley Lane West, Puckeridge, Ware, SG11 1US

Authority: East Hertfordshire District Council
Appeal type: minor · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Hearing
Development: caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector: Shields T

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the site is in a suitable location for use as a Gypsy and Traveller site with particular regard to highway safety.

What decided it

The Inspector's own site observations and the parties' evidence showed the A10 pedestrian crossing, though less desirable at busy times, was not unsafe and occupiers were not reliant on it, removing the basis for refusal on highway safety grounds.

there are no adverse impacts which would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of the development when assessed against the policies in the Framework taken as a whole, tipping the balance in favour of allowing Appeal A

Framework references: 11

Plan policies cited: Policy HOU9, Policy TRA1, Policy TRA2

Judgments cited: Collins v SSCLG & Fylde BC [2013] EWCA Civ 1193

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