RE: Caravan in garden - Public forum - Planning Advisory Service (PAS)

Mr Manning,

Your first point of call to obtian advice would be your local district or unitary authority.

I note that you are using the correct terms in relation to the use and are using the caravan act to determine if the caravan meets the definition.

You should check your planning permission for any restrictive conditions connected to caravans once the dwelling has been completed that may require permenant removal.

I'd second everything Mark Lane has said, and in addition, there is the possibilty (following the Supreme Court judgement in Hillside) that extending the garden of house A onto the land with planning permission for house B (in order to site a caravan ancillary to house A) might now be seen to extinguish the planning permission for house B.

Before Hillside we would all have said that if you have planning for two houses and build the first one in time, then the permission for the second house is 'banked' and the second house could be built 5, 10 or 50 or more years later. The Hillside case has fundamentally revisisted this idea and decided that if something material happens to prevent completion of the planning permission in accordance with the approved details then unused parts of the planning permission are extinguished and can no longer be relied on.

Thank you to both of your for your comments.

I have just read The Hillside Case and to be honest, found it quite confusing. ( I am no expert in this field)  There is nothing on my planning restrictive covenant wise. I am a little confused though housing developers get planning for large sites and build them in phases?  I am considering having the footings done on that house also, we are also running the services. I just don't physically want it build it yet?