A VILLAGE homeowner has applied to build a mobile home in his back garden.
Nick Bocking has applied for a certificate of lawfulness to build a mobile home in the back garden of 14 Owletts End in Pinvin.
The mobile home would be incidental to 14 Owletts End, with services coming from the main house such as electricity and water.
The lodgings would be built off-site, delivered in sections, and not sold off separately.
Plans have revealed that the mobile home would be used by a family member with disabilities.
What the mobile home would look like (Image: Wychavon District Council)
Plans state: The proposal comprises the siting of a single mobile home within the residential curtilage (rear garden) of the host dwelling.
“The unit is intended to provide independent living accommodation for a family member with physical disabilities, whose needs require step-free access, single-level living, and proximity to primary carers within the main dwelling.
“The structure will be a genuine mobile home, constructed off-site and delivered in sections, and will remain capable of being moved.
“It will rest on a non-permanent base, with no fixed foundations, and will not be physically attached to the main dwelling.”
To learn more, and to have your say, click here: https://plan.wychavon.gov.uk/Planning/Display/W/26/01024/CLPU
Wychavon District Council is running a public consultation until June 5.
Plans add: “All services (water, drainage, and electricity) will be connected in a manner consistent with typical ancillary garden structures and will be reversible.
“The use of the mobile home is incidental to the enjoyment of the main dwelling house and will not form a separate planning unit.
“It will not be occupied independently or sold off separately, and no separate postal address or curtilage subdivision is proposed.
“The primary purpose of the development is to meet the specific and ongoing needs of a disabled occupant, allowing a suitable standard of accommodation while maintaining close support from family members in the main house.
“The siting, scale, and appearance of the mobile home will be subordinate to the host dwelling and will not materially impact the neighbouring properties.
“Given that the structure meets the definition of a mobile home and does not constitute operational development involving permanent building works and that its use is incidental to the main dwelling, we hope you can agree it is considered lawful.”