Coggers Barn, The Broadway, Lamberhurst, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TN3 8DA

‘Erection of a wood framed home office and raised platform to provide additional storage space and home office (part retrospective)’

Authority: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Householder developments
Inspector: Shearing C

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the development would increase flood risk on the site and elsewhere
The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area, with particular regard to the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (the AONB)

What decided it

The development's site-specific characteristics—its raised construction allowing water passage, incorporation of flood resilience measures, simple contemporary design respecting the settlement boundary, and subordinate relationship to heritage assets—satisfied the main issues of flood risk and landscape character.

Plan policies cited: Policy EN18, Core Policy 5, Policy EN1, Policy LBD1, Policy EN25, Core Policy 4, Core Policy 14

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

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