A Berkshire caravan park has been victorious in its appeal against a council ruling that it could not add an extra mobile home pitch to the site.
The Babbage versus North Norfolk District Council case saw an inspector agree with the owners that the addition was legitimate and in keeping with the original planning consent, planningresource.co.uk reported.
When the site opened in 1972, the council gave its permission for 51 residential caravan pitches, but failed to state a maximum number that would be allowed.
The licence later obtained by the owners under the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 did limit the number to 51 and contained conditions about the amount of space allocated to each one.
However, the inspector working on the case ruled that there was no material change of use involved in adding a further mobile home and that the original planning permission should apply.
He explained that adding an extra vehicle would not sufficiently limit the space to be of any real concern.
In other news, an Angus caravan park owner has been hit with a £1,500 fine for carrying out illegal work at his site.
