Honnington Farmhouse Vauxhall Lane, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TN4 0XD

a 'tree house’ holiday let (Rural Tourism application)

Authority: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Other minor developments
Inspector: Buchanan R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to relevant development plan policy and the National Planning Policy Framework
its effect on the landscape and scenic beauty of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to very special circumstances necessary to justify the proposal

What decided it

The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would harm openness and conflict with Green Belt purposes, combined with significant harm to the AONB landscape, with no very special circumstances to justify approval.

Framework references: 138, 149, 174, 176, 84

Plan policies cited: Policy MGB1, Core Policy 2, Policy LBD1, Policy EN1, Policy EN25, Core Policy 4, Core Policy 14

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