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We have a mobile home in an agricultural field joining our new house it was used during the build, the council confirmed that it did not require permission as it is a caravan. We added an extension that changed the caravan in to a building and the council served an enforcement notice on it, so we removed the extension changing it back to the original caravan. It is now used to store our agricultural equipment for our smallholding. The notice stated remove the building but it is now a caravan. Have we done anything unlawful as we do not want to end up in court, I realise that this is a very complicated question that may well have not been asked before so any advice would be much appreciated.
Many Thanks
Belinda

You may have no choice but to Appeal the enforcement notice and state it has been put back to what it used to be.

Thanks Damian we have already appealed the the notice and thought we had complied by removing the static part and returning it back to a caravan so the next stage would be to inform the magistrates court that we believe we have complied by pleading not guilty and then the crown court, i am wondering whether it is worth it for a caravan.
Many thanks
Belinda

What was the outcome of Appealing the notice to the Planning Inspectorate?

Remove the building from the land.
Thanks
Damian

Your last option would be to Appeal to the High Court.

Thanks
Damian

Thank you all for your kind responses it is clear that you are all extremely knowledgeable on this subject may I therefor ask a few more questions?
Is there any limit in law to the number of caravans allowed with in the curtilage of a house (garden area)?
I have an old touring caravan with in the curtilage of my house that is used to store garden tools etc. it is past its sell by date, would it be possible to rebuild it using timber on the original chassis so that it is the same size and movable or would the council class that as a building operation and say it is no longer a caravan?
Thank you
Belinda