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Dismissed24 June 20213251365

Land to the West of Tilgate Forest Lodge, Brighton Road, Pease Pottage, Sussex, RH11 9AF

Planning appeal 3251365 at Land to the West of Tilgate Forest Lodge, Brighton Road, Pease Pottage, Sussex, RH11 9AF (Mid Sussex District Council) was dismissed on 24 June 2021 by Inspector Buchanan R, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development would be in an accessible location, giving a genuine choice for travel by modes other than the private car.

a 70 bedroom care home (Use Class C2) arranged over two storeys (and ancillary accommodation within the roof space) together with associated communal spaces, back of house and service areas, car and cycle parking, landscaping and planting. Erection of clubhouse building and new access point onto Brighton Road (B2114)

Authority
Mid Sussex District Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
community-institutional · Major dwellings
Inspector
Buchanan R
Postcode
RH11 9AF

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposed development would be in an accessible location, giving a genuine choice for travel by modes other than the private car
  • its effect on the character and appearance of the area, having particular regard to the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
  • whether there is a need for C2 registered care home bedspaces

What decided it

The combination of the site's inaccessible location (substantial weight) and the major adverse, important harm to the character and appearance of the High Weald AONB (great weight) outweighed the benefits of meeting care home need.

Appreciable weight to meeting older persons' care need and moderate weight to infrastructure and employment benefits were outweighed by substantial weight to the inaccessible location and great weight to harm to the AONB, tipping the balance against the proposal and against accordance with the development plan.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy DP21Policy DP12Policy DP16Policy 1 of the Slaugham Neighbourhood PlanPolicy DP30Policy DP20Policy DP6
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 102Paragraph 103Paragraph 108Paragraph 172Paragraph 170Paragraph 59Paragraph 61Paragraph 92Paragraph 54Paragraph 56

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