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Allowed6 October 20223295703

Stream View, Golford Road, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 3NT

Planning appeal 3295703 at Stream View, Golford Road, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 3NT (Tunbridge Wells Borough Council) was allowed on 6 October 2022 by Inspector Willmer P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on character and setting of the host dwelling and the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

a detached domestic garage

Authority
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Appeal type
householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Willmer P
Postcode
TN17 3NT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposed development on character and setting of the host dwelling and the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

What decided it

The proposed garage's vernacular form, design, materials, and screening by mature planting would integrate it appropriately into the historic farmstead setting without detracting from the character of the host dwelling or the AONB.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy LBD1Policy H11Core Policy 4Core Policy 14
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 176

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