Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Allowed11 October 20223293970

Hindsland, Eastbourne Road, Willingdon, East Sussex, BN20 9NU

Planning appeal 3293970 at Hindsland, Eastbourne Road, Willingdon, East Sussex, BN20 9NU (Wealden District Council) was allowed on 11 October 2022 by Inspector Coffey L, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal is consistent with the relevant development plan policies, and whether there are any material considerations to justify a decision other than in accordance with the development plan.

for the demolition of existing vacant dwelling and erection of up to 180 no. dwellings and medical centre together with all parking, servicing and onsite open space, with all matters reserved except for access (excluding internal estate roads beyond the access to serve the Medical Centre Plot)

Authority
Wealden District Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Coffey L
Postcode
BN20 9NU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal is consistent with the relevant development plan policies, and whether there are any material considerations to justify a decision other than in accordance with the development plan
  • The effect of the proposal on the integrity of European Protected Habitats

What decided it

The proposal's overall accordance with the development plan (Policy WCS4) combined with the confirmed absence of harm to European protected sites and the significant housing, affordable housing and Medical Centre benefits.

The significant benefits of market and affordable housing, economic benefits and delivery of a Medical Centre, together with accordance with the development plan taken as a whole, meant planning permission should clearly be granted.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy WCS1Policy WCS2Policy WCS4Policy DC17Policy GD2Policy TR3Policy LR1Policy LR2Policy LR3Policy LR5Policy AFH1Policy SWGA3Policy SPO9Policy SPO13
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 55Paragraph 56Paragraph 57

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.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

43 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Wealden District Council

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2022

  1. Dismissed25 September 20266009517
    Fairfield Cottage, Cross In Hand Road, Heathfield, TN21 0SN
  2. Allowed15 September 20266008314
    Land off Eastbourne Road, Polegate, BN26 5DD
  3. Dismissed17 July 20266007376
    Land Adjoining 154 Station Road, Hailsham, BN27 2SB
  4. Allowed17 July 20266005293
    Milton Gate Farm, Milton Street, Polegate, BN26 5RS
  5. Dismissed14 April 20266003970
    Little Warren Barn, The Warren, Crowborough, East Sussex, TN6 1UB

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.