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Notice varied and upheld1 August 20243323467

Newstead Farm Couchman Green Lane, Staplehurst, Tonbridge, TN12 0RT

Planning appeal 3323467 at Newstead Farm Couchman Green Lane, Staplehurst, Tonbridge, TN12 0RT (Maidstone Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 1 August 2024 by Inspector Douglas L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the alleged breach of condition 3 of planning permission MA/12/1469 has occurred.

Temporary change of use of land for the stationing of a temporary dwelling (mobile) for farm owner/manager and permanent use of existing agricultural building for the accommodation of livestock

Authority
Maidstone Borough Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
agricultural · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
Inspector
Douglas L
Postcode
TN12 0RT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the alleged breach of condition 3 of planning permission MA/12/1469 has occurred
  • Whether the alleged breach constitutes a breach of planning control, having regard to permitted development rights under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 and the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960

What decided it

The mobile home was stationed on the land within 3 years of the planning permission being issued, thereby implementing the permission and placing it in breach of condition 3 which required removal and restoration within that period.

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