®Planning appeal decision
Land North Of Walnut Cottage, Bullen Lane, East Peckham, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 5LX
a change of use of land to residential for one Romani family. The site to contain one static caravan, one touring caravan, parking, related hardstanding and infrastructure. This
- Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
- Inspector
- Orr H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the operational development on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it
- The effect of the whole development on the character and appearance of the area and the Bullen Corner Conservation Area (BCCA)
- Whether the harm to the Green Belt and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the grant of planning permission
What decided it
The appellant's personal circumstances and the significant unmet need for Gypsy and Traveller sites justified a temporary five-year grant of permission, notwithstanding substantial Green Belt harm that precluded a permanent permission.
the substantial harm from inappropriate development in the Green Belt, together with harm to openness and to the character and appearance of the area, was not clearly outweighed by the personal circumstances and unmet need so as to justify permanent permission, but these considerations justified a temporary five-year permission
Framework references: 137
Plan policies cited: Policy CP3, Policy CP24, Policy CP20
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