Planning appeal decision
Glebelands, Potmans Lane, Catsfield, East Sussex, TN33 9BH
Planning appeal 3353014 at Glebelands, Potmans Lane, Catsfield, East Sussex, TN33 9BH (Rother District Council) was dismissed on 24 June 2026 by Inspector Steen A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control under section 174(2)(f) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
without planning permission, the material change of use of the Land from agriculture and as a camping and caravanning site to a mixed use for agriculture, camping and caravanning, and for permanent residential purposes
- Authority
- Rother District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Steen A
- Postcode
- TN33 9BH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control under section 174(2)(f) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
What decided it
The requirements of the notice are limited to residential and domestic items and do not exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control, as they do not affect items supporting the lawful agricultural or caravan and camping uses.
The decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in Rother District Council
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2026
- Allowed21 August 20263352368The Barn, Woodmans Rest, Bluemans Lane, Westfield, TN33 0SE
- Quashed On Legal Grounds13 July 20263351398Sowdens Gate Wood , Udimore Road , Udimore, East Sussex, TN31 6BG
- Notice varied and upheld13 July 20263350405Chestnut Wood, Udimore Road, Broad Oak, Rye, East Sussex, TN31 6EU
- Notice varied and upheld22 June 20263351367Land at Bois De Saussac, Udimore Road , Udimore, Rye, Easy Sussex, TN31 6BG
- Notice upheld26 May 20263340691Hooters Moat Lane, Sedlescombe, Battle, TN33 0RY
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®