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Dismissed4 March 20253309009

Land East to The Rising Sun, Cotmans Ash Lane, Kemsing, Kent, TN15 6XD

Planning appeal 3309009 at Land East to The Rising Sun, Cotmans Ash Lane, Kemsing, Kent, TN15 6XD (Sevenoaks District Council) was dismissed on 4 March 2025 by Inspector Brownless E, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The main issue is whether the Council's refusal to grant a LDC would have been well founded.

described as ‘use of land and buildings for domestic recreation’

Authority
Sevenoaks District Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Hearing
Development
other · Householder developments
Inspector
Brownless E
Postcode
TN15 6XD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The main issue is whether the Council's refusal to grant a LDC would have been well founded.

What decided it

The appellant could not demonstrate, on the balance of probabilities, that the claimed private recreational use of the site had continued unbroken for the required ten-year period, because the pre-2014 use was found to be a mixed agricultural and equestrian use rather than private recreation.

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