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Search the Public Notice PortalPlans to allow a temporary Gypsy caravan site to become permanent have stirred up anger among village residents.
The proposal involves a site at the Oaks Stables, King Wood Hill, in the village of Brede, which had previously been given temporary permission in 2022.
This approval permitted the land to be used for one mobile home and one touring caravan, both for Gypsy and traveller occupation.
However, this permit was granted only temporarily, with the stipulation that after three years, the development must be discontinued and the land restored to its original condition.
The three years have now passed, and the new proposal is seeking to eliminate that time restriction, thereby making the use permanent.
The presiding decision in 2022 had been made despite significant opposition from locals, including 58 objections from Brede residents and a formal objection from Brede Parish Council itself.
Even Rother District Council planning officers initially considered the development to "represent a visual intrusion of caravans which harms the character and appearance of the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty", before ultimately permitting it for a temporary duration of three years.
The new application, pushing for permanent permission, has also incited several objections from local residents.
Paul Evans voiced his opposition, labelling the planning application an "overdevelopment of the site".
"The objections raised by the council in the granting of a temporary stay for three years on the site have not changed", he argued.
Carrie Disney, another resident, echoed this sentiment, stating: "All the objections to the original application still stand.
"There is no reason to make the planning permission permanent. The amenity of neighbours and the environment should be protected."
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Richard Tickner also argued that the permission should remain temporary.
He wrote: "There is no reason for this site to be made permanent. The arrangement must remain temporary so that the field can be returned to its rural state when another allocated traveller site becomes available.
"This site is having a significant negative impact on the environment, and on the amenity of the settled community in Brede."
