®Planning appeal decision
The Walled Garden, Trulls Hatch, Rotherfield , TN6 3QL
the erection of a new detached two storey dwelling with integrated garage
- Authority
- Wealden District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Parsons J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the dwelling would be appropriately located, having regard to (a) residents' accessibility to services and facilities
- (b) the character and appearance of the area
- (c) biodiversity
What decided it
The significant harm to character and appearance, sustainable transport objectives and biodiversity, combined with the small scale of housing benefit from a single dwelling, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits when assessed against the Framework policies taken as a whole under the tilted balance test.
The benefits of housing delivery and self-build provision were outweighed by the significant harm to character and appearance of the AONB, conflict with sustainable transport objectives, and unmitigated biodiversity harm.
Framework references: 176, 60, 79, 80, 11, 56
Plan policies cited: LP Policy GD2, LP Policy DC17, LP Policy EN1, CS Spatial Planning Objective SP07, CS Policy WCS6, LP Policy EN6, LP Policy EN12, LP Policy EN14, LP Policy EN27, CS Policy WCS12, CS 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.