®Planning appeal decision
Lynch Bank Farm , Pilgrims Way, Detling, Kent, ME14 3EX
siting of 4no. additional mobile homes for Gypsy/Traveller occupation, retention of existing mobile home and day room (mobile home), and erection of storage building (Part Retrospective)
- Authority
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hand S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The impact of the extended gypsy site on the national landscape and on biodiversity and the situation regarding the provision of gypsy sites in the district.
What decided it
The personal circumstances and human rights of the appellant's extended family, together with the Council's lack of a five year gypsy pitch supply, outweighed the limited landscape and biodiversity harm identified.
The limited harm to the National Landscape, the biodiversity net gain shortfall and conflict with development plan policies were outweighed by the personal circumstances of the gypsy families, the best interests of the children, and the Council's inability to demonstrate a five year supply of gypsy pitches, so the s78 appeal was allowed; the enforcement (ground a) appeal was dismissed as the appellant no longer sought the larger 7-mobile-home scheme.
Plan policies cited: LPRHOU8, SD2, SD3, SD7, LPRSP14(A)
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.