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Dismissed26 January 20263373927

Farmland Rear of Drudgeon Farm, School Lane, Bean, Dartford, Kent, DA2 8AP

Planning appeal 3373927 at Farmland Rear of Drudgeon Farm, School Lane, Bean, Dartford, Kent, DA2 8AP (Dartford Borough Council) was dismissed on 26 January 2026 by Inspector Miles H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would be permitted by Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

change of use from an agricultural building to 5 dwellings (C3 Use class)

Authority
Dartford Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Miles H
Postcode
DA2 8AP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposed development would be permitted by Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)

What decided it

The use of the site by travelling showpeople since 2019 constituted a non-agricultural purpose that prevented the development from qualifying as permitted development under Class Q1 b) iii) of the GPDO.

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