The Evergreens & Land to the rear of Kingswood Nursery, Dunstable Road, Tilsworth - Hearing Regarding Refusal of Planning Grant

TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990

HEARING TO BE HELD AS AN IN PERSON EVENT ONLY AT

Grove View Integrated Health and Care Hub, Court Drive, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU5 4JD

Opening on 14th January 2025 at 10am for 2 days

Planning Application ref. CB/23/00499/VOC and

Enforcement Notice ref. CB/EN/22/0317

Site Location: The Evergreens, Dunstable Road, Tilsworth, LU7 9PU/Land to the rear off at the back of Kingswood Nursery, Dunstable Road, Tilsworth, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9PU

REASON FOR HEARING

Appeal by Patrick Gammell against the refusal to grant permission to vary or remove a condition by Central Bedfordshire Council as Local Planning Authority for planning application ref CB/23/00499/VOC, Variation of condition number 3 of planning permission CB/13/03217/FULL (Permission is sought for five additional caravans for Romani Gypsy families on an existing Gypsy site. The site is laid out to six separate sections and permission is sort for an additional static caravan on three of the existing pitches and two caravans (one static) on the land at the top of the site. The new pitch to contain one static caravan, one touring caravan and parking for two vehicles with associated hard standing and water treatment plant) variation for plot 6 details. Appeal lodged against Enforcement Notice ref CB/EN/22/0317 for the following: Without planning permission, the change of use of the Land comprising, unauthorised siting of caravans for residential use as a Gypsy and Traveller Caravan Site and associated development.

Without planning permission, unauthorised operational development, moving a large quantity of soil and the creation of a large earth bund and pouring of concrete on the Land, laying hardstanding for caravans, creation of access road and installation/laying electrical cabling.

The Evergreens, Dunstable Road, Tilsworth, LU7 9PU/Land to the rear of Kingswood Nursery, Dunstable Road, Tilsworth, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9PU.

An Inspector appointed by the Secretary of State will hold a Hearing opening on the date shown above to decide the appeal. The Hearing will be held as an entirely In Person event run by Central Bedfordshire Council.

Documents relating to the planning application appeal can be viewed on the Council website http://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/planning-register (enter the planning application number in the search box).

Documents relating to the planning enforcement notice appeal can be viewed on the Council website https://cbc.aifusion.io/planning/publicSearch.html (enter the enforcement notice number in the search box).

Anyone wishing to attend the Hearing must make that interest known to the Central Bedfordshire Council’s Appeals Team as soon as possible prior to the Hearing, by emailing planning.appeals@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk after reading the Hearing Attendance Information set out below. When contacting the Appeals Team, it would be helpful if you could confirm whether you want to take an active part in the proceedings or attend only as an observer. This information will need to be provided to the Planning Inspector.

Hearing Attendance Information

Before deciding whether to take an active part in the Hearing, you need to think carefully about the points you wish to make. All written submissions from application, notice and appeal stage will be taken into account by the Inspector. Re-stating the same points won’t add any additional weight to them.

If you want to take an active part but feel unable to for any reason, and/or the points you want to make are not covered in the evidence of others, consider whether someone else could raise them on your behalf.

You can view and download the Planning Inspectorate’s guidance “taking part in an appeal” from the Planning Inspectorate website at www.gov.uk/government/collections/taking-part-in-a-planning-listed-building-or-enforcement-appeal

Planning Inspectorate References: APP/P0240/W/23/3336017, APP/P0240/C/23/3316029 - B - 3316030 -  A

Case Officer contact at the Planning Inspectorate: Rebecca Gray – Contact Number 0303 444 5000

Central Bedfordshire Council Planning Appeals Team contact: planning.appeals@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk