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Allowed31 December 20253369278

Four Seasons Park, Labour In Vain Road, Wrotham, Sevenoaks, TN15 7PA

Planning appeal 3369278 at Four Seasons Park, Labour In Vain Road, Wrotham, Sevenoaks, TN15 7PA (Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council) was allowed on 31 December 2025 by Inspector Hocking P, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawfulness is well founded.

Use of land as a caravan site together with amenity and ancillary areas and an additional six caravans shown cross hatched on the proposed plan (a total of 38 caravans)

Authority
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
caravan-gypsy · Other minor developments
Inspector
Hocking P
Postcode
TN15 7PA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawfulness is well founded

What decided it

The Inspector found that the whole site, including the recreational area where the additional caravans would be sited, formed a single planning unit already in lawful use as a caravan site, so the additional caravans did not amount to a material change of use.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments
Burdle & Williams v SSE & New Forest DC [1972] 1 WLR 1207

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