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Quashed On Legal Grounds25 July 20253349392

Land Adj. Alwyn, Green Lane, Shipley Bridge, RH6 9TJ

Planning appeal 3349392 at Land Adj. Alwyn, Green Lane, Shipley Bridge, RH6 9TJ (Tandridge District Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 25 July 2025 by Inspector King T, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The need and provision of gypsy and traveller sites within the Medway area.

Use of the land and buildings as a residential caravan site, including the laying of hardcore

Authority
Tandridge District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Hearing
Development
caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector
King T
Postcode
RH6 9TJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The need and provision of gypsy and traveller sites within the Medway area
  • The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area, both in terms of its location and also it being within a locally designated Biodiversity Opportunity Area

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year supply of deliverable gypsy and traveller pitches, combined with the personal circumstances of the occupiers, outweighed the harm caused, justifying a temporary and personal permission rather than dismissal.

The lack of a five-year supply of deliverable gypsy and traveller pitches and the personal circumstances of the occupiers outweighed the harm to character, appearance and biodiversity and the weight attached to the intentional unauthorised development, but only sufficiently to justify a temporary, personal permission of four years rather than a permanent one.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
CSP 9CSP 17DP19DP7
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 187Paragraph 155Paragraph 11
Judgments
Cardiff Rating Authority v Guest Keen Baldwin Iron and Steel Co Ltd [1949] 1 KB 385; Skerritts of Nottingham Ltd v SSETR [2000] JPL 1025

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