®Planning appeal decision
Land at Danecroft Nursery, Station Road, Hellingly, East Sussex , BN27 4EU
outline application for the erection of No.80 dwellings including access provision, with all other matters reserved
- Authority
- Wealden District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Smith H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effects of the proposal on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
- highway safety, with particular regard to vehicular access
What decided it
The substantial benefits of housing delivery to address the Council's significant housing shortfall outweighed the identified harm to character and appearance and conflict with out-of-date development plan policies, applying the tilted balance under paragraph 11(d) of the Framework.
The substantial benefits of housing delivery, including 35% affordable housing, economic growth, and contribution to local services, substantially outweighed the moderate harm to character and appearance and conflict with out-of-date policies restricting development outside the development boundary, with no adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighing the benefits when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
Framework references: 11, 57, 110, 111, 56
Plan policies cited: Policy GD2, Policy EN1, Policy EN8, Policy EN14, Policy EN27, Policy DC17, Policy WCS6, Policy WCS14, Policy TR3, Policy HG5
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.