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NewsNeighbours have expressed fears about the danger of increased caravan trafficgloucestershireliveA static caravan park in Cheltenham is challenging the decision of planners and the objections of neighbours to allow it to berth an unlimited number of caravans on site. The site is arguing that a previous permission for Forge Park in The Reddings can be interpreted to allow them any number of caravans. After being granted a certificate of lawful existing use in June for the caravan park, which has operated from Branch Road, near the airport at Staverton, since the 1950s, The Forge submitted a follow-up application to Cheltenham Borough Council's planning department. This was to clarify that the certificate already granted meant that they could have an unlimited number of berths, without having to apply for further permissions. This drew the ire of people living on the same road as the static caravan park, who objected to the application as an increase in caravans would both reduce the visual appearance of the area and make the nearby highways more unsafe. One person who objected said they had previously had to comfort a person involved in an incident with a touring caravan, who then died, saying they did not want to be put into a similar situation ever again. READ MORE: Last Wilko in Gloucestershire closing its doors with empty shelves and cut-price bargains Another person, a resident at the 19-caravan site, also questioned the application's aim to allow for a self-decided number of other caravans, saying: "the parking areas outside our homes and in the current car park (provided for residents) are already full. If more caravans were built in or near the current car park, there would not be adequate room for parking on the site so people would have to start using the adjacent lane, which would be unsafe." The most recent Certificate of Lawful Existing Use or Development application is challenging the rejection of a previous application, where the local planning authority rejected their assertion that the site had the right to have any number of caravans as they had not specified how many berths in their previous decision. However, it might not be so simple, as previous court cases have found in the favour of other caravan parks that have been given permission, but no exact number of berths. The main thrust of their argument is that, "the existing use of the Forge is set out within the 2023 certificate, it is the 'Use of land as a caravan site including ancillary areas for amenity and car parking functions'. If more caravans are placed on the site this description is unchanged, there is no reference to intensity within the description of the use and therefore the level of intensity cannot be inferred." If successful, The Forge Park would have technical permission to make any alterations to the layout and "intensity" of caravan use on the site, which is now largely medium and long-term residential. 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NewsNeighbours have expressed fears about the danger of increased caravan trafficgloucestershireliveA static caravan park in Cheltenham is challenging the decision of planners and the objections of neighbours to allow it to berth an unlimited number of caravans on site. The site is arguing that a previous permission for Forge Park in The Reddings can be interpreted to allow them any number of caravans. After being granted a certificate of lawful existing use in June for the caravan park, which has operated from Branch Road, near the airport at Staverton, since the 1950s, The Forge submitted...

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