A planning inspector has ruled mobile homes, a caravan, parked vehicles and a shipping container must be moved from a campsite behind a former Kent pub. As KentLive previously reported, Tunbridge Wells Borough Council issued an enforcement notice to the landowner , who also owns The Knoxbridge pub in Frittenden.

The council said what was on the site, including vehicle storage, was an unauthorised change of use from a mix of agricultural land and a campsite. Johnny Crittenden said he inherited the pub and land beside the A229, north of Cranbrook and south of Staplehurst, from his grandfather.

He appealed the enforcement, saying the steps to comply were "excessive". The planning inspector, in his decision, said as the pub was closed, there was no need for residential use of the l

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