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White Ash Farm Starvenden Lane, Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, TN17 2AN
Planning appeal 3275063 at White Ash Farm Starvenden Lane, Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, TN17 2AN (Tunbridge Wells Borough Council) was allowed on 14 February 2022 by Inspector Praine N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would be in an appropriate location for housing, having regard to the current lawful use and the character and appearance of the area.
for the demolition of mobile home with lawful residential use, several outbuildings, and the erection of a detached four-bedroom dwelling with associated amenity and parking
- Authority
- Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Praine N
- Postcode
- TN17 2AN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be in an appropriate location for housing, having regard to the current lawful use and the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The fallback position of replacing the mobile home with a substantially larger mobile home under the Caravan Sites Act, which would have greater landscape impact, meant the proposed dwelling would cause no greater harm to the countryside character and justified permission under the tilted balance.
The conflict with the development plan and Framework policies seeking to restrain countryside development and protect rural character was outweighed by the material consideration of the fallback position and the absence of a five-year housing land supply, justifying a grant of permission
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Core Policy 6Core Policy 12Core Policy 14Policy LBD1Policy H10Policy EN1Policy EN25
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 8Paragraph 11Paragraph 105Paragraph 174
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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