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Dismissed24 October 20253344565

31 Eridge Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 8HR

Planning appeal 3344565 at 31 Eridge Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 8HR (Tunbridge Wells Borough Council) was dismissed on 24 October 2025 by Inspector Harbottle M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's refusal to issue a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded.

Siting of caravan in the garden for ancillary use to the main residential dwelling

Authority
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Harbottle M
Postcode
TN4 8HR

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's refusal to issue a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded

What decided it

The structure would have a permanent relationship with the land characteristic of a building due to its likely long-term siting and the effort required to move it, rather than being a mobile caravan as defined by the 1960 Act.

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