®Planning appeal decision
Notice upheld4 March 20223246942
Oakland’s farm , Bodiam road , Sandhurst, Kent, TN18 5LE
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
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.
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.