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Dismissed22 July 20253358188

Top Barn Farm Gedges Hill , Matfield Tonbridge , Kent, TN12 7EA

Planning appeal 3358188 at Top Barn Farm Gedges Hill , Matfield Tonbridge , Kent, TN12 7EA (Tunbridge Wells Borough Council) was dismissed on 22 July 2025 by Inspector Courtney T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would constitute permitted development under Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

Change of use of a building and land within curtilage from agricultural use to Class C3 (1 dwellinghouse) and associated building operations

Authority
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Courtney T
Postcode
TN12 7EA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal would constitute permitted development under Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)

What decided it

The building has been in continuous non-agricultural commercial use (vehicle repair and MOT testing) for several decades and therefore cannot meet the Class Q requirement that the site must not have been used for any non-agricultural purpose following cessation of agricultural use.

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