Log Cabin At Redwood Orchard, St Michaels, Tenbury Wells, Herefordshire, WR15 8TL

Planning appeal 3376739 at Log Cabin At Redwood Orchard, St Michaels, Tenbury Wells, Herefordshire, WR15 8TL (Herefordshire Council) was dismissed on 14 April 2026 by Inspector Hitchcock R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a lawful development certificate was well-founded, turning on whether proposed works to the existing structure constitute 'development' for the purposes of s55 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and whether those works would result in a caravan as defined by the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 and the Caravan Sites Act 1968.

Proposed alteration to the existing building on site to enable it to comply with the definition of a caravan

Authority: Herefordshire Council
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: caravan-gypsy · Other minor developments
Inspector: Hitchcock R
Postcode: WR15 8TL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a lawful development certificate was well-founded, turning on whether proposed works to the existing structure constitute 'development' for the purposes of s55 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and whether those works would result in a caravan as defined by the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 and the Caravan Sites Act 1968

What decided it

The appellant failed to demonstrate that the building would have sufficient structural integrity and capability to be moved by road as required by the statutory definition of a caravan in the 1960 and 1968 Acts.

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