®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed14 July 20233286899
The Hatchin Tan Grandshore Lane, Frittenden, CRANBROOK, TN17 2BZ
stationing of three mobile homes, three touring caravans and a utility room for a gypsy family
- Authority
- Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
- Inspector
- Shields T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect on biodiversity
- whether occupiers of the site would have adequate access to services and facilities
- the need for and supply of pitches for gypsies and travellers
- the personal circumstances of proposed occupiers, including the best interests of any children, and with particular regard to the Human Rights Act and the Public Sector Equality Duty
What decided it
The substantial weight attached to the significant harm to the character and appearance of the countryside outweighed the great weight given to the personal circumstances of the occupiers and the unmet need for gypsy and traveller pitches.
Framework references: 27, 38, 105
Plan policies cited: Policy H4, Core Policy 6, Policy CP 4, Policy EN1, Policy H9
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.