Land at Part Ordinance Survey Plot 0005, (known as Apple Pie Farm), Cranbrook Road, Benenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4EU

Without planning permission, the laying of a concrete hard standing and the erection of a timber framed building on the land

Authority: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: agricultural · Householder developments
Inspector: Harbottle M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the building and hard standing conserve and enhance the character of the rural landscape within the High Weald National Landscape
Whether an exception to the general restraint of development within the countryside is justified

What decided it

The building and hard standing fail to conserve and enhance the character of the High Weald National Landscape and no rural business need has been demonstrated to justify an exception to countryside development restraint.

Framework references: 189, 88, 15

Plan policies cited: LBD1, EN1, EN25, Core Policy 4, Core Policy 14, BD1, LE1

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