New permitted development rights for temporary recreational campsites on the cards.
The Government is consulting on whether to introduce new permitted development rights to allow up to 30 tents for up to 60 days per year without planning consent, with the objective of boosting the economy and domestic tourism.
The consultation sets out that the new right would only apply to tents and moveable structures related to the use, such as portable toilets, showers and waste collection. The text sets out that they intend to exclude caravans, motorhomes and campervans. Our first thoughts are there will undoubtedly be questions surrounding other structures, for example bell tents, wigwams, mobile pods etc.
This new right would not apply to land within the curtilage of a listed building, SSSIs, scheduled monuments, safety hazard areas. No mention here of AONBS or National Park exclusion so far which is good news.
Generally we feel this would be a positive move for landowners, but is relatively limited to type of camping, and of course still excludes any operational development such as tanks, drainage etc.
Hannah Moule, Director at The Rural Planning Co
