Cherry Tree Cottage, Poplar Lane, Forest Row, RH18 5LH

new highways access and associated hardstanding

Authority: Wealden District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Other minor developments
Inspector: Douglas L

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, with specific regard to the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)

What decided it

The proposed access and parking area would not harm the rural character or appearance of the area or the natural landscape of the AONB, as the parking would be screened by boundary planting and the design would be sympathetic to the semi-rural character of the location.

Plan policies cited: Saved Policy GD2, Saved Policy EN6, Saved Policy EN27, Spatial Planning Objective SP01, Spatial Planning Objective SPO13, Policy WCS14, Saved Policy DC19, Saved Policy TR3, Saved Policy TR16

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