“… use would not simply amount to a caravan site “on a larger scale” as in Hertfordshire County Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2012] EWCA Civ 1473, or “simply an increase in the number of caravans” as in Cotswold Grange”. The inspector was “entitled to conclude, as she did … , that the proposed use would …”
“…intensification of an existing use does not amount to a material change (Hertfordshire County Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2012] EWCA Civ 1473 at [9]). However, whether there is a material change of use is a fact-sensitive issue which is for the Inspector to determine. I would accept the respondents’ …”