Barn Owl Kennels & Cattery, Barn Owl Dwelly Lane, Edenbridge, TN8 6QE

Planning appeal 3358670 at Barn Owl Kennels & Cattery, Barn Owl Dwelly Lane, Edenbridge, TN8 6QE (Tandridge District Council) was decided (invalid) on 24 February 2026 by Inspector Preston C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice specifies with sufficient clarity the alleged breach of planning control.

a) without planning permission, the making of a material change of use of the Land to a mixed use of a residential dwelling and the operation of a pet grooming business; b) the use of an existing vehicular access and parking of vehicles on the Land in association with its use for the operation of a pet grooming business; and c) the erection on the Land of a building within a fenced compound and the laying of surfacing material in association with its use fir the operation of a pet grooming business

Authority: Tandridge District Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Change of use
Inspector: Preston C
Postcode: TN8 6QE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the enforcement notice specifies with sufficient clarity the alleged breach of planning control

What decided it

The enforcement notice does not specify with sufficient clarity the alleged breach of planning control, as it refers to a mixed use including a residential dwelling that does not exist on the identified land, and the error cannot be corrected without causing injustice to the appellants.

What the Inspector cited

National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 154

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