Isaacs Farm, Franks Hollow Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3 0UB

Planning appeal 3322303 at Isaacs Farm, Franks Hollow Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3 0UB (Tunbridge Wells Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 11 March 2024 by Inspector Bale M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, with regard to its effects on openness.

Without planning permission the construction of an equestrian trackway and associated works including fencing and earth mounds

Authority: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Other minor developments
Inspector: Bale M
Postcode: TN3 0UB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, with regard to its effects on openness
The effect of the development on the National Landscape

What decided it

The trackway, considered in isolation and without the fencing and earth mounds, would preserve Green Belt openness and not harm the National Landscape, whereas the fencing and mounds would introduce uncharacteristic man-made structures that harm both.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Core Policy 2Core Policy 4Core Policy 14Policy LBD1Policy MGB1Policy EN1Policy EN25

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