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Jodeen Animal Sanctuary Ltd, Sevenoaks Road, Halstead, Sevenoaks, TN14 7HR
Planning appeal 3358392 at Jodeen Animal Sanctuary Ltd, Sevenoaks Road, Halstead, Sevenoaks, TN14 7HR (London Borough of Bromley) was allowed on 2 July 2025 by Inspector Carpenter C, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.
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
- Postcode
- TN14 7HR
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
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- LP Policy G2BLP Policy 49BLP Policy 12
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 155Paragraph 143
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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