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Friday, November 09, 2007 8:46 PM
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Firstly, the land on your deeds does NOT necessarily equate to "residential curtilage". For example, the residential curtilage of a farmhouse would not equate to the whole of the land holding of the farm it serves.
Within the residential curtilage, it is permissible to station a caravan (mobile home) provided that its use does not result in a material change of use of the planning unit. The use of the property as 2 dwellings would, by statute, involve such a change of use. The extent to which an annex is used is the key to whether a COU has occurred. A factor that may be looked at would be the level of accommodation provided - does it include all of the facilities associated with a dwelling - but ultimately it comes down to how the occupants of both house and annex do or don't live as one household.
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