®Planning appeal decision
Combe Manor Farm, Coombe Lane, Wadhurst, TN5 6NU
conversion and minor alteration of an agricultural building to create a residential dwelling house to include a change of use of land to residential
- Authority
- Wealden District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Shearing C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is in a suitable location for housing with particular regard to accessibility to services and facilities
- the effects of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, with particular regard to the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (the AONB)
What decided it
The absence of a five-year housing land supply triggered the tilted balance under Framework paragraph 11d)ii), and the adverse impacts of granting permission did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
The adverse impacts of poor accessibility and failure to demonstrate business use potential were outweighed by the modest housing contribution, landscape enhancement benefits, and the presumption in favour of sustainable development under Framework paragraph 11d)ii) due to the Council's lack of five-year housing land supply.
Framework references: 80, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy WCS6, Strategic Planning Objectives SPO7, Strategic Planning Objectives SPO8, Saved Policy DC17, Saved Policy GD2, Saved Policy DC8, Saved Policy DC6, Saved Policy EN6, Saved Policy EN27, Strategic Planning Objective SPO1, 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.