11/00713/F - Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk

4.0 PLANNING HISTORY
10/00200/F – Siting of mobile home for persons of gypsy status with
additional tree planting, landscaping, access and gateway. Conditional
permission granted – 10.01.2011.
09/00475/F – For a two year temporary permission the stationing of a mobile
home for occupation by a person of gypsy status with additional tree planting
and landscaping. Conditional permission granted on appeal – 16.08.2010.
08/02002/F – Proposed transit gypsy site for 8 pitches with associated
amenity blocks and ancillaries, existing park home to be retained as site
managers residence. Application returned – 29.01.09.
08/01116/F – Three year temporary permission for the siting of a park home
with additional planting and landscaping – Declined to determine – 12.6.2008.
07/02214/F – Construction of park home – Declined to determine –
25.10.2007.
06/00238/F – Stationing of a park home – Application Refused 24.03.06
(Delegated decision) – Appeal dismissed – 09.03.2007.
05/00677/F – Siting of a park home – Withdrawn – 24.05.2005.
5.0 ENFORCEMENT HISTORY
5.1 On 11 July 2006, the LPA issued an Enforcement Notice (EN). The breach
description was that ‘without planning permission, the change of use of
agricultural land to use for the stationing of a park home.’ The occupant has
failed to comply with the requirements of the EN.
5.2 Prosecution proceedings commenced and on 29 February 2008 a Mr Wilson
attended the Court and having changed his plea from not guilty to guilty was
fined. At the hearing the Court reminded Mr Wilson of the need to comply with
the EN.
5.3 On 28 July 2008 Members of the Board considered a report which detailed
the contravention of planning control that had occurred. The report then
detailed the options open to resolve the contravention and to note the action
being taken to remedy the situation.
5.4 Members may also recall that on 28 July 2009 they authorised direct action to
be taken pursuant to section 178 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
in respect of the unauthorised stationing of the park home and all items and
services brought onto the land in connection with its residential use.
6.0 CURRENT PLANNING STATUS
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6.1 As stated earlier in this report (and following the earlier appeal decision),
conditional planning permission was granted in January for the ‘siting of a