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Notice varied and upheld17 March 20223259489

Land Situated at Drudgeon Farm, School Lane, Bean, Dartford, Kent, DA2 8AP

Planning appeal 3259489 at Land Situated at Drudgeon Farm, School Lane, Bean, Dartford, Kent, DA2 8AP (Dartford Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 17 March 2022 by Inspector Freer P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the period for compliance specified in the enforcement notice falls short of what should reasonably be allowed under section 174(2)(g) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

Material change of use of land from agriculture to use as a Travelling Showpeople site for the stationing of caravans/mobile homes for the purposes of human habitation by Travelling Showpeople and family and storage of items connected with the Travelling Showpeople's commercial enterprise

Authority
Dartford Borough Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
Inspector
Freer P
Postcode
DA2 8AP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the period for compliance specified in the enforcement notice falls short of what should reasonably be allowed under section 174(2)(g) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990

What decided it

The substantial weight attached to harm to the Green Belt from inappropriate development, combined with the public interest in expeditious compliance and the lack of evidence that alternative sites were unavailable, outweighed the appellants' personal circumstances and human rights concerns.

What the Inspector cited

National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 137Paragraph 147Paragraph 148

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