Complaint was made that the occupier had taken up occupation of a vehicle, a Commer van, ‘adapted’ for human habitation, and therefore under the control of the 1960 Act, but on land for which there was no planning permission for use for caravans. Held: The defendant had merely placed bed and other furniture in an … Continue reading Backer v Secretary of State for the Environment: 1983

The District Council issued an established user certificate for a caravan on the appellants’ lands. The appellants then replaced the caravan with a ‘park home’ for which planning permission was refused and enforcement notices were issued by the council. This ‘park home’ had been delivered to the site in four prefabricated sections and then bolted … Continue reading Carter and Another v Secretary of State for the Environment and the Carrick District Council: CA 6 Apr 1994