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Allowed5 November 20243317123

Little Postling Farm Five Fields Lane, Four Elms, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 6NA

Planning appeal 3317123 at Little Postling Farm Five Fields Lane, Four Elms, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 6NA (Sevenoaks District Council) was allowed on 5 November 2024 by Inspector Douglas L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded.

the siting of two porta-cabins (Building 15 (5.5m x 2.4m) and Building 18 (12.2m x 3m)); Siting of two lorry backs (Buildings 16 and 17 (each measuring 2.1m x 3.1m)); Siting of a permanent field shelter for horses (Building 12 (2m x 2m)); and Hardstanding concrete base and feed trough (Building 14)

Authority
Sevenoaks District Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
agricultural · Change of use
Inspector
Douglas L
Postcode
TN8 6NA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded

What decided it

The structures were temporary moveable items placed on the land without building operations and did not materially change the use of the land, or in the case of the hardstanding, were substantially completed more than four years before the application date.

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