®Planning appeal decision
Garden Cottage Featherbed Lane, Carters Corner, Hailsham, BN27 4HX
Planning appeal 3270513 at Garden Cottage Featherbed Lane, Carters Corner, Hailsham, BN27 4HX (Wealden District Council) was dismissed on 21 February 2022 by Inspector Buchanan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the site would be an appropriate location for housing, having regard to local and national policy for the provision of housing.
extension to existing garage/store and conversion into new dwelling
- Authority
- Wealden District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Buchanan R
- Postcode
- BN27 4HX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site would be an appropriate location for housing, having regard to local and national policy for the provision of housing
- the effect of the development on irreplaceable habitat, having particular regard to ancient woodland and a local wildlife site
- its effect on the living conditions of the existing occupiers of Garden Cottage, and on the future occupiers of the new dwelling, with respect to privacy, noise and disturbance
What decided it
The development would cause loss or deterioration of irreplaceable habitat (ancient woodland and local wildlife site) for which no wholly exceptional reasons were justified, and the site was not an appropriate location for housing in a rural area not well-related to services and facilities, and these substantial harms outweighed the modest benefits of one dwelling.
The modest benefits of housing supply, smaller homes for first-time buyers and downsizers, and social and economic benefits were outweighed by substantial weight given to the site's unsuitability as a housing location in terms of sustainability and accessibility, and the loss or deterioration of irreplaceable habitat with no exceptional justification.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- LP Policy EN1LP Policy GD2LP Policy DC2LP Policy DC17LP Policy DC8LP Policy EN13LP Policy EN27CS Policy SPO1CS Policy SPO7CS Policy SPO8CS Policy SPO13CS Policy WCS14
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 80
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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