Decision details

That the application be APPROVED, subject to the following conditions:

Approved Plans

1.

The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out otherwise than in complete accordance with the submitted plan no’s 020/05 (Campsite Layout Plan), 020/01,02,03&04 (Landscaping Specifications), subject to the following conditions or modifications:

Landscaping

2.

Any trees or plants which form part of the existing perimeter hedge/tree planting which die, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased within five years of the date of this permission shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of a similar size and species or in accordance with an alternative scheme previously agreed in writing by the National Park Authority.

Limitations on Use of Site

3.

The proposed use of the site for touring caravans shall not take place other than within the area annotated as caravan pitches numbered C1 - C25 on the submitted plans and no other part of the land at Upper Hurst Farm within the applicant’s ownership shall be used to site caravans.

4.

The total number of caravans on the site at any one time shall not exceed 25.

5.

No caravans shall be placed or retained anywhere on land within the applicant’s ownership or control between 31st November in any one year and the 1st of February in the succeeding year.

6

Other than mobile recreational vehicles, no caravan or structure shall be placed anywhere within the red-edged application site which is not capable of being towed on a public highway by a private family car.

7.

The warden’s caravan shall not be occupied as a permanent residence and shall be removed from the site on or before 31st November in any one year and shall not be returned to its designated pitch hereby permitted until the 1st of February in the succeeding year.

8.

No caravans on the annotated caravan pitches numbered 1-25 shall be occupied as a permanent or sole place of residence by any person at any time during the lifetime of the development hereby permitted.

8.

The proposed use of the site for camping/siting of tents shall not take place other than within the areas numbered T1 – T15 on the submitted plans and no other part of the land at Upper Hurst Farm within the applicant’s ownership shall be used to site tents/camping.

9.

No tents shall be sited, placed or retained anywhere on land in the applicant’s ownership between 31st November in any one year and the 1st of February in the succeeding year.

10.

The total number of tents and caravans on the site at any one time shall not exceed 40.

Restrictions on Permitted Development Rights

11.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning General Permitted Development Order 2015 (or any order revoking or re-enacting that Order) no alterations to the external appearance of the utility building shall be carried out without the National Park Authority's prior written consent.

12.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning General Permitted Development Order 2015 (or any order revoking or re-enacting that Order) no development required by the conditions of a site licence for the time being in force under the 1960 Act shall be carried out or erected on the site without the National Park Authority's prior written consent.

Access

13.

The existing access from Beresford Lane to the camping and caravanning site at Upper Hurst Farm shall be maintained free of any obstruction to its designated use throughout the lifetime of the development hereby permitted.