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Planning permission granted29 January 20243302477

Land North Of Walnut Cottage, Bullen Lane, East Peckham, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 5LX

Planning appeal 3302477 at Land North Of Walnut Cottage, Bullen Lane, East Peckham, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 5LX (Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council) was allowed on 29 January 2024 by Inspector Orr H, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the operational development on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it.

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
Postcode
TN12 5LX

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

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CP3Policy CP24Policy CP20
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 137

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