®Planning appeal decision
Plot 2 The Meadows, Lenham Road, Headcorn, Kent, TN27 9LG
change of use of land to provide a single pitch, comprising a static home and touring caravan pitch, for residential use by Gypsies or Travellers within an existing Gypsy and Traveller site (part retrospective). Appeal B:
- Authority
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
- Inspector
- Walker R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposals on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year supply of gypsy and traveller pitches triggered the presumption in favour of sustainable development under paragraph 11(d) of the Framework, which outweighed the significant harm to character and appearance.
The significant harm to character and appearance of the area was outweighed by the significant weight afforded to the contribution the appeal sites would make to addressing the identified shortfall in gypsy and traveller accommodation, applying the presumption in favour of sustainable development
Framework references: 11, 26, 28, 135, 187
Plan policies cited: LPRHOU8, LPRSP9, LPRQD4, HNP1, HNP2, HNP5
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.