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Notice varied and upheld13 August 20253362152

Land at Romany Green Acre, Well Lane, Fordwich, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 0DU

Planning appeal 3362152 at Land at Romany Green Acre, Well Lane, Fordwich, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 0DU (Canterbury City Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 13 August 2025 by Inspector King T, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the need, and provision made, for gypsy and traveller sites within the Canterbury City Council area.

Without planning permission, the stationing of caravans for residential use in excess of the numbers permitted by condition 2 of planning permission CA/20/01794 granted on 24 March 2021

Authority
Canterbury City Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Hearing
Development
caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
Inspector
King T
Postcode
CT2 0DU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the need, and provision made, for gypsy and traveller sites within the Canterbury City Council area
  • the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area, with particular regard to its conservation area location and that the site also falls within a locally designated Woodlands Landscape Character Area
  • the development's effect on highway safety
  • its effect on the Stodmarsh Nature Reserve

What decided it

The unmitigated harms to character and appearance, highway safety and the integrity of the Stodmarsh SAC/SPA significantly and demonstrably outweighed the substantial weight attributable to unmet gypsy and traveller need.

Substantial weight given to unmet gypsy and traveller need was significantly and demonstrably outweighed by harm to character and appearance, highway safety and the integrity of the Stodmarsh Nature Reserve, such that the adverse effects of granting permission outweighed the benefits.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy HD10Policy DBE3Policy LB4Policy LB9Policy SP1Policy T17Policy LB5
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 187
Judgments
Wiesenfeld v SSE & Brent LBC [1992] JPL 556; Ahmed v SSCLG & Guildford BC [2017] EWCA Civ 231

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