®Planning appeal decision
Land Known to the West of 203-221 New Haw Road, Addlestone, KT15 2DP
Planning appeal 6007528 at Land Known to the West of 203-221 New Haw Road, Addlestone, KT15 2DP (Runnymede Borough Council) was decided (decided) on 12 October 2026, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice was properly served on all persons with an interest in the land (ground (e)).
without planning permission, the material change of use of the Land for the siting of mobile homes and touring caravans for a residential caravan site, and associated vehicles and paraphernalia, and, the laying of a hardstanding surface and the erection of fencing with a height measuring over two (2) metres from ground level
- Authority
- Runnymede Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement notice
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- caravan-gypsy
- Postcode
- KT15 2DP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the enforcement notice was properly served on all persons with an interest in the land (ground (e))
- Whether the matters comprising the alleged breach of planning control have occurred (ground (b))
- Whether the compliance period specified in the notice falls short of what should reasonably be allowed (ground (g))
What decided it
The highway safety risks arising from the use of the site as a four-pitch traveller site on New Haw Road, balanced against the personal circumstances of the occupiers and the best interests of the children, justified a twelve-month compliance period for most requirements and fifteen months for hardstanding removal.
The absence of suitable alternative pitches, the stability provided by the site for children's education and medical appointments, and the occupiers' Article 8 rights and protected characteristic as ethnic minorities were weighed against the highway safety risks and the need to bring the unauthorised development to an end in the public interest, resulting in a varied compliance period of twelve to fifteen months.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SL22 of the Runnymede 2030 Local Plan 2020
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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