®Planning appeal decision
Moorcroft Farm, Hale Oak Road, Sevenoaks Weald, TN14 6NG
the Change of Use from Agriculture to Private Equestrian Use, 30 x 60 metre Outdoor Riding Arena, 20 metre diameter Lunge Pen, and Winter Turn-Out Area 14 x 20 metres without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref. SE/18/00039/FUL, dated 19 March 2018
- Authority
- Sevenoaks District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Bayliss G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the changes to the disputed condition would fundamentally affect the description of development of the planning permission originally granted
What decided it
The proposed variation of Condition 5 would fundamentally conflict with the description and extent of the original planning permission by permitting commercial equestrian use (riding lessons) where only private use was originally approved, and therefore cannot be considered a minor material amendment under section 73 of the Act.
Plan policies cited: Policy EN1, Policy LT2, Policy SP1, Policy LO8
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