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26/00846/CLOPUDApproveLast updated 20/08/2026, 18:22

An application for a certificate of lawful development has been submitted for the placement of a caravan within the residential curtilage.

Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed
Edwin's Hall Road, Chelmsford CM3, UK

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The application is for a certificate of lawful development for the placement of a caravan with the curtilage of Edwins Hall Cottage. Within the documents supplied, and the legal case studies uploaded separately, no material change change of use will be taking place. A site licence shall not be required for the use of land as a caravan site if the use is incidental to the enjoyment as such of a dwellinghouse within the curtilage of which the land is situated, as per the legal references outlined below. Section 55(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 defines ?development?, which requires planning permission, as carrying out of building and other operations or making of any material change in the use of any buildings or other land. Under s 55(2)(d) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 the use of any buildings or other land within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse for any purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse as such is not to be taken to involve development of the land. The Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 Schedule 1. Cases where a Caravan site License is not required. 1. Use within curtilage of a dwellinghouse. A site licence shall not be required for the use of land as a caravan site if the use is incidental to the enjoyment as such of a dwellinghouse within the curtilage of which the land is situated.

Application Timeline

Application Registered25/06/2026
Application ValidatedN/A
Decision MadeN/A
Decision Issued18/08/2026
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