®Planning appeal decision
White Ash Farm Starvenden Lane, Sissinghurst, CRANBROOK, TN17 2AN
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
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
Framework references: 8, 11, 105, 174
Plan policies cited: Core Policy 6, Core Policy 12, Core Policy 14, Policy LBD1, Policy H10, Policy EN1, Policy EN25
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.