®Planning appeal decision
The Armoury at Oasthouse Cottage, Gun Hill, Chiddingly, East Sussex, TN21 0JU
without planning permission, change of use of the building shown coloured red on the attached plan ('the Armoury') from use a granny annexe to use as a separate dwellinghouse
- Authority
- Wealden District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Steen A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the dwelling is in a suitable location in respect of its relationship to nearby settlements
- the effect of the dwelling on the intrinsic character and beauty of the landscape
- whether the use of the Armoury as a separate dwelling affects the setting of the listed buildings at Gun Cottage, Farthing Cottage and Gatehouse Farmhouse
What decided it
The less than substantial harm to the setting of listed buildings, combined with the isolated location and landscape harm, provided a clear reason for refusal under paragraph 11d)1 of the Framework that outweighed the minimal public benefit of one additional dwelling.
the minimal public benefit of adding a single dwelling to housing supply was outweighed by the less than substantial harm to the setting of listed buildings and the conflicts with development plan policies on isolated dwellings and landscape protection
Framework references: 11, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 202
Plan policies cited: Policy GD2, Policy SPO1, Policy SPO13, Policy EN8, Policy EN27, Policy DC8, Policy DC17, Policy DC19, Policy WCS14
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.