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Notice varied and upheld5 June 20233304192

Seven Acres Farm Hever Road, Edenbridge, TN8 5DJ

Planning appeal 3304192 at Seven Acres Farm Hever Road, Edenbridge, TN8 5DJ (Sevenoaks District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 5 June 2023 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.

the enlargement of gypsy traveller’s site, by way of additional 5 mobile homes and 5 touring caravans

Authority
Sevenoaks District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Hearing
Development
caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
Inspector
Orr H
Postcode
TN8 5DJ

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
  • Effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
  • 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 considerations in favour of the development did not clearly outweigh the substantial harm from inappropriateness and the other identified Green Belt harm, so very special circumstances were not established.

The benefits including the best interests of children, family cohesion, lack of alternative sites and contribution to pitch supply, weighed moderately to substantially in favour, were outweighed by the substantial harm from inappropriateness together with the modest harm to openness and character and appearance of the Green Belt.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SP6Policy LO8Policy SP1Policy EN1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 137

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