Jodeen Animal Sanctuary Ltd, Sevenoaks Road, Halstead, SEVENOAKS, TN14 7HR

development described as “Variation of condition 2 of planning permission 16/05061/FULL1 (dated 6 February 2017 for material change of use of land for siting of caravans for residential use for occupation by gypsy travellers with an amenity block, septic tank, hard standing, re-profiling of land and boundary fence) to allow the continued Use and development of the land” without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref DC/16/05061/RECON, dated 18 October 2021

Authority: London Borough of Bromley
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
Inspector: Carpenter C

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the appeal site is grey belt land and whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (the Framework) and any relevant development plan policies.

What decided it

The finding that the appeal site is grey belt land which satisfies all the tests at Framework paragraph 155, particularly the demonstrable unmet need for Gypsy and Traveller pitches, meaning the development is not inappropriate development in the Green Belt.

the proposal accords with the development plan read as a whole, and material considerations including the Framework do not indicate that a decision should be taken otherwise than in accordance with it

Framework references: 155, 143

Plan policies cited: LP Policy G2, BLP Policy 49, BLP Policy 12

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