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Question By

Cabinet Member

Subject

1 (11/12)

Mr B Else

Councillor Fry

Units 1-13,

80 The Ride PL9 7JS

Reference ELECTORS QUESTION for Units 1-13, 80 The Ride PL9 7JS, 20th June 2011, replied to by Councillor Fry. Can PCC clarify these points?

A wheeled axel is fitted to static caravans so they can comply with planning regulations. How does a ‘touring caravan’ differ from any other caravan and not conflict planning consent? Please define ‘touring caravan’.

Response:

The legal definition of a caravan applies to all types of caravan; namely to caravans used as permanent residential accommodation for Gypsy and Traveller sites and park home estates and to caravan accommodation used for holiday purposes. So far as the law is concerned, a park/mobile home, a caravan holiday home, touring caravan or Gypsy and Traveller home are all capable of coming within the legal definition of a caravan provided they retain the element of mobility. Mobility, in this context, means that the caravan must be capable of being moved when assembled from one place to another.
Section 29 (1) of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 (as amended) defined a caravan as:
“… Any structure designed or adapted for human habitation which is capable of being moved from one place to another (whether being towed, or by being transported on a motor vehicle or trailer) and any other vehicle so designed or adapted but does not include

(A)    Any railway rolling stock which is for the time being on rails forming part of a system, or

(B)    Any tent

Question No

Question By

Cabinet Member

Subject

2 (11/12)

Mr B Else

Councillor Fry

Units 1-13,

80 The Ride PL9 7JS

Reference ELECTORS QUESTION for Units 1-13, 80 The Ride PL9 7JS, 20th June 2011, replied to by Councillor Fry. Can PCC clarify these points?

If additional ‘touring caravans’ are allowed, should that have been stated in the original consent as the site was built to house nomads?

Response:

This and the other related questions raise issues of possible breaches of planning control which will require further research. This has been referred to the Planning Compliance Team who will commence an investigation.

I will provide full written responses to this and other questions at the earliest opportunity when further enquiries have been completed.

Question No

Question By

Cabinet Member

Subject

3 (11/12)

Mr B Else

Councillor Fry

Units 1-13,

80 The Ride PL9 7JS

Reference ELECTORS QUESTION for Units 1-13, 80 The Ride PL9 7JS, 20th June 2011, replied to by Councillor Fry. Can PCC clarify these points?

If 13 means more than 13, what is the maximum number of caravans that could be housed on the site?

Response:

This and the other related questions raise issues of possible breaches of planning control which will require further research. This has been referred to the Planning Compliance Team who will commence an investigation.

I will provide full written responses to this and other questions at the earliest opportunity when further enquiries have been completed.

Question No

Question By

Cabinet Member

Subject

4 (11/12)

Mr B Else

Councillor Fry

Units 1-13, 80 The Ride PL9 7JS

Reference ELECTORS QUESTION for Units 1-13, 80 The Ride PL9 7JS, 20th June 2011, replied to by Councillor Fry. Can PCC clarify these points?

Does PCC set a benchmark with 13 meaning more than 13, and the term ‘touring caravan’ or are there other cases where this principle applies?

Response:

This and the other related questions raise issues of possible breaches of planning control which will require further research. This has been referred to the Planning Compliance Team who will commence an investigation.

I will provide full written responses to this and other questions at the earliest opportunity when further enquiries have been completed.

Question No

Question By

Cabinet Member

Subject

5 (11/12)

Mr B Else

Councillor Fry

Units 1-13,

80 The Ride PL9 7JS

Reference ELECTORS QUESTION for Units 1-13, 80 The Ride PL9 7JS, 20th June 2011, replied to by Councillor Fry. Can PCC clarify these points?

Extra parking outside the site would indicate that extra space was needed within the site, space taken up by the ‘Council’s policy of housing more than 1 caravan per pitch has led to overcrowding. If the over crowding was addressed would there be need for an additional car park?

Response:

This and the other related questions raise issues of possible breaches of planning control which will require further research. This has been referred to the Planning Compliance Team who will commence an investigation.

I will provide full written responses to this and other questions at the earliest opportunity when further enquiries have been completed.

Question No

Question By

Cabinet Member

Subject

6 (11/12)

Mr B Else

Councillor Fry

Units 1-13,

80 The Ride PL9 7JS

Reference ELECTORS QUESTION for Units 1-13, 80 The Ride PL9 7JS, 20th June 2011, replied to by Councillor Fry. Can PCC clarify these points?

How does the creation of an extra parking facility not conflict with planning consent condition 6?

Response:

This and the other related questions raise issues of possible breaches of planning control which will require further research. This has been referred to the Planning Compliance Team who will commence an investigation.

I will provide full written responses to this and other questions at the earliest opportunity when further enquiries have been completed.

Question No

Question By

Cabinet Member

Subject

7 (11/12)

Mr B Else

Councillor Fry

Units 1-13,

80 The Ride PL9 7JS

Reference ELECTORS QUESTION for Units 1-13, 80 The Ride PL9 7JS, 20th June 2011, replied to by Councillor Fry. Can PCC clarify these points?

In your reply to my question you say ‘discussions with a number of parties indicated that extra space would alleviate some of the existing issues.’

Can you say who these parties are and what the issues are?

Response:

This and the other related questions raise issues of possible breaches of planning control which will require further research. This has been referred to the Planning Compliance Team who will commence an investigation.

I will provide full written responses to this and other questions at the earliest opportunity when further enquiries have been completed.

Question No

Question By

Cabinet Member

Subject

8 (11/12)

Mr B Else

Councillor Fry

Units 1-13,

80 The Ride PL9 7JS

Reference ELECTORS QUESTION for Units 1-13, 80 The Ride PL9 7JS, 20th June 2011, replied to by Councillor Fry. Can PCC clarify these points?

Under local planning policy AIR2.2, the public car park the site was built on should have been replaced. How does PCC qualify not providing replacement public parking that it should supply, while finding additional private car park spaces for its tenants?

Response:

This and the other related questions raise issues of possible breaches of planning control which will require further research. This has been referred to the Planning Compliance Team who will commence an investigation.

I will provide full written responses to this and other questions at the earliest opportunity when further enquiries have been completed.

Question No

Question By

Cabinet Member

Subject

9 (11/12)

Mr B Else

Councillor Fry

Units 1-13, 80 The Ride PL9 7JS

Reference ELECTORS QUESTION for Units 1-13, 80 The Ride PL9 7JS, 20th June 2011, replied to by Councillor Fry. Can PCC clarify these points?

Is PCC policy of housing extra caravans on The Ride done to save monies by absorbing potential illegal pitches that are expensive to remove?

Response:

"The Ride does not play any part in our procedures for managing 'illegal pitches', which we refer to as unauthorised encampments. Our agreed procedure for managing unauthorised encampments is published on our website http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/revised_gt_ue_procedures. We used these procedures to remove 2 caravans which were illegally parked on temporarily vacant pitches at the Bayview Caravan Site on the Ride as recently as January 2011."