®Planning appeal decision
Brokeswood Lake , Powder Mill Lane, Southborough , Kent , TN4 9EA
Planning appeal 3357317 at Brokeswood Lake , Powder Mill Lane, Southborough , Kent , TN4 9EA (Tunbridge Wells Borough Council) was dismissed on 17 July 2025 by Inspector Courtney T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would constitute permitted development under Class E of Part 6, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), having regard to whether the works are reasonably necessary for the purposes of forestry.
the formation, alteration or maintenance of private ways for agricultural or forestry use
- Authority
- Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Courtney T
- Postcode
- TN4 9EA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would constitute permitted development under Class E of Part 6, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), having regard to whether the works are reasonably necessary for the purposes of forestry
What decided it
The proposed development does not constitute permitted development under Class E because the works are not reasonably necessary for the purposes of forestry, as the scale of the track is unjustified by the described forestry activity, lake management falls outside forestry scope, and the proposal lacks sufficient detail and justification for a hardstanding surface.
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