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Dismissed25 October 20243341980

Halls Green Activity Centre, Hale Oak Road, Sevenoaks Weald, TN14 6NQ

Planning appeal 3341980 at Halls Green Activity Centre, Hale Oak Road, Sevenoaks Weald, TN14 6NQ (Sevenoaks District Council) was dismissed on 25 October 2024 by Inspector Hand S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the 1995 planning permission (94/01739/HIST) can still be lawfully implemented to construct the two unbuilt buildings (focal building and games room).

continued use of the site and buildings for recreational and leisure purposes in accordance with long established use, 94/01739/HIST and 05/01398/FUL and the construction of two buildings approved under planning permission reference 94/01739/HIST

Authority
Sevenoaks District Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
leisure-sport · Other Major Developments
Inspector
Hand S
Postcode
TN14 6NQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the 1995 planning permission (94/01739/HIST) can still be lawfully implemented to construct the two unbuilt buildings (focal building and games room)
  • Whether the use of the site for outdoor recreational and leisure purposes remains lawful

What decided it

The 1995 planning permission is no longer implementable because the 2018 housing development has physically prevented construction of the unbuilt buildings and extinguished the activity centre for which they were designed, and the recreational use of the site has been abandoned.

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