Agenda item

Application No: P2016/0337 - Retention of Caravan as a Domestic Dwelling (Existing Certificate of Lawful Development), Aberdrychwallt Farm, Pontrhydyfen, Port Talbot, SA12 9SN

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

that in accordance with the Officer’s recommendation as detailed within the circulated report, and subject to the circulated amendment sheet:

 

1.  The Lawful Development Certificate is refused on the grounds that insufficient evidence has been provided to demonstrate that the caravan has been in situ on the application site and used for residential purposes for in excess of ten years;

 

2.  Enforcement action is authorised to cease the existing residential use of the land and remove the unauthorised caravan and associated structures from the site, and to restore the land to its former condition.

 

(Note:  With regard to the Amendment Sheet referred to above and attached as an Appendix, on which the Chairperson had allowed sufficient time for Members to read, in respect of application items on the published agenda, the Chairman had permitted urgent circulation/consideration thereof at today’s meeting, the particular reasons and the circumstances being not to further delay the planning process, unless the Committee itself wanted to defer any applications and to ensure that Members take all extra relevant information into account before coming to any decision at the meeting).

 

 

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