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Notice upheld4 March 20223246942

Oakland’s Farm , Bodiam Road , Sandhurst, Kent, TN18 5LE

Planning appeal 3246942 at Oakland’s Farm , Bodiam Road , Sandhurst, Kent, TN18 5LE (Tunbridge Wells Borough Council) was dismissed on 4 March 2022 by Inspector Steen A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the matters described in the enforcement notice have occurred.

without planning permission the material change of use of the Land from agriculture to a mixed use comprising agriculture and the stationing of a caravan for residential use and the siting of a storage container

Authority
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector
Steen A
Postcode
TN18 5LE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the matters described in the enforcement notice have occurred
  • Whether those matters constitute a breach of planning control
  • Whether at the date the notice was issued enforcement action could be taken
  • Whether the steps required by the notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach
  • Whether the period specified for compliance is reasonable

What decided it

The appellants had occupied the caravan residentially by the date of the enforcement notice and no planning permission had been granted for either the caravan or storage container, which could not benefit from any permitted development exemptions.

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