Mobile Home on Land at Lazy Otter Meadows, Cambridge Road, Stretham, Ely, CB6 3FS

Planning appeal 3376525 at Mobile Home on Land at Lazy Otter Meadows, Cambridge Road, Stretham, Ely, CB6 3FS (East Cambridgeshire District Council) was allowed on 24 July 2026 by Inspector Bartlett R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the caravan is stationed within the footprint of the current developed area of the site.

Stationing of a mobile home for residential purposes on land forming part of an established caravan site

Authority: East Cambridgeshire District Council
Appeal type: minor · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector: Bartlett R
Postcode: CB6 3FS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the caravan is stationed within the footprint of the current developed area of the site
The effect of the caravan on the countryside

What decided it

The caravan is situated within the footprint of the current developed area of the approved caravan site and causes no harm to the countryside or character and appearance, thereby according with Policy HOU 7 of the local plan.

The modest contribution to local housing supply and efficient use of previously developed land outweighed any concerns about the stationing of the caravan, particularly given its location within the existing developed footprint and lack of demonstrable harm.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy HOU 7Policy Growth 5Policy Growth 2

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