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Quashed On Legal Grounds29 April 20263345427

Grove Close Hampkins Hill Road, Chiddingstone, Edenbridge, TN8 7BA

Planning appeal 3345427 at Grove Close Hampkins Hill Road, Chiddingstone, Edenbridge, TN8 7BA (Sevenoaks District Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 29 April 2026 by Inspector King T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice is valid and capable of correction under section 176(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

Erection of stables, storage building, and hexagonal walking area (operational development within last 4 years)

Authority
Sevenoaks District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
agricultural · Other minor developments
Inspector
King T
Postcode
TN8 7BA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the enforcement notice is valid and capable of correction under section 176(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990

What decided it

The enforcement notice is invalid due to imprecise wording of the alleged breach, failure to explain why buildings C and D were excluded despite being subject to identical planning policies and harm, and material error in describing the surfacing, making it incapable of correction without injustice.

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