®Planning appeal decision
Land at Mycroft, South View Road, Crowborough, East Sussex, TN6 1HW
Planning appeal 3297437 at Land at Mycroft, South View Road, Crowborough, East Sussex, TN6 1HW (Wealden District Council) was allowed on 25 August 2023 by Inspector MacLeod R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.
erection of a detached dwelling with associated access, car parking and landscaping
- Authority
- Wealden District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- MacLeod R
- Postcode
- TN6 1HW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- the adequacy of living conditions for future occupiers in relation to the proximity of trees
- whether the proposal would be likely to result in pressure to remove or substantially reduce protected trees to the detriment of local visual amenity
- whether the submitted Unilateral Undertaking would adequately mitigate increased recreational pressures on the Ashdown Forest SPA
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply triggered the presumption in favour of sustainable development at NPPF paragraph 11(d), and the modest housing benefit outweighed the limited harm to character and trees when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole.
The benefits of housing delivery and contribution to the shortfall in housing supply outweighed the limited adverse impacts on character and protected trees when assessed against the policies in the Framework taken as a whole.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Saved Policy EN27(1) of the Wealden Local Plan (1998)Saved Policy CR2 of the Wealden Local Plan (1998)Saved Policy EN12 of the Wealden Local Plan (1998)Policy SPO13 of the Wealden Core Strategy Local Plan (2013)Policy WCS14 of the Wealden Core Strategy Local Plan (2013)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 57Paragraph 60Paragraph 124Paragraph 134
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.
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