A caravan park in the Brecon Beacons National Park faces uncertain times after a court ruled that there were flaws in the process which led to it achieving planning permission.
Gilestone Farm obtained consent from the national park authority, but a 2007 inquiry suggested that there were a number of failings in the way the application was handled.
The recent Warwick Crown Court case saw Mr Justice Duncan Ouseley rule that the planning permission was not legitimate and that the caravan park would have to reapply.
The decision was welcomed by Usk Valley Conservation Group, which brought the case against the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority and Gilestone Farm.
The group’s secretary Paul Needham explained that it has been a long slog to achieve such a decision.
“[We] feel let down by the national park authority who have consistently failed to rectify the mistakes it has long accepted were made and left it to members of the public to seek justice,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Green Valleys community project in the national park has won £300,000 in the Big Green Challenge competition.
