®Planning appeal decision
The Castle Inn, Crook Road, Brenchley, TONBRIDGE, TN12 7BN
change of use and conversion of Public House A4 use (at ground floor) into Residential C3 use to create a single dwelling with the residential unit above
- Authority
- Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hobbs J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the principle of the proposed development is acceptable
- the effect of the proposed development on the setting of the Grade II listed Castle Hill Cottages, Hatchways and Ashmede and a non-designated heritage asset, Castle Inn
What decided it
The failure to appropriately market the property for commercial use, combined with the less than substantial harm to the setting of listed buildings and significant harm to the non-designated heritage asset, outweighed the modest public benefits.
the less than substantial harm to the setting of the Grade II listed buildings and significant harm to the non-designated heritage asset outweighed the modest public benefits of short-term construction employment and provision of family accommodation
Framework references: 28, 48, 84, 92, 93, 176, 199, 202, 203
Plan policies cited: BMNDP Policy BE1, LP Policy CR13, LP Policy H13, CS Core Policy 4, CS Core Policy 7, CS Core Policy 8, CS Core Policy 14, SLP Policy ED12
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.