®Planning appeal decision
HIGH VIEWS , HASTINGS ROAD, BATTLE, TN33 0TG
change of use of existing agricultural land for stationing of 2 mobile homes for residential purposes by Gypsy family members, together with communal utility/day room
- Authority
- Rother District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
- Inspector
- Chamberlain G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, including whether it would conserve and enhance the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
- Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposal with reference to the spatial strategy in the development plan
What decided it
The acute accommodation need of the Gypsy/Traveller families, together with equality considerations and the best interests of the children, outweighed the modest landscape/AONB harm and conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy.
The modest harm to landscape character/AONB, conflict with the spatial strategy, and very limited harm from intentional unauthorised development were outweighed by the acute accommodation need of the occupants, the doubtful deliverability and out-of-date basis of the pitch supply, equality implications, and the best interests of the children, tipping the balance in favour of allowing the appeal.
Plan policies cited: Policy DEN1, Policy DEN2, Policy OSS4, Policy EN1, Policy RA2, Policy RA3, Policy LHN5, Policy LHN6
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.