Cases - Stevens v Bromley LBC
Record details
- Name
- Stevens v Bromley LBC
- Date
- [1972]
- Citation
- 1 AII ER 712
- Legislation
- Keywords
- Planning control
- Summary
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The issue in this case was whether a licensee of a pitch on an unauthorised caravan site was an 'occupier'. The Court of Appeal held that it is a question of fact and degree in each case. There were 10 or 11 large caravans on the site. They had mains water and electricity, and drains connected each caravan to a common cesspool. Many had gardens with the boundary of the plot marked off with rocks. Rent was paid weekly and a licence could not be revoked without one month's written notice. The caravans were the licensees' permanent homes. In the circumstances, the licensee was an occupier.
'No one, except, perhaps, a lawyer could doubt that he was in occupation of that land.' (Lord Justice Salmon)