®Planning appeal decision
Seven Acres Farm Hever Road, EDENBRIDGE, TN8 5DJ
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
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.
Framework references: 137
Plan policies cited: Policy SP6, Policy LO8, Policy SP1, Policy EN1
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.