®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent to Cooks Corner Day Centre, London Road, Crowborough, East Sussex
for the phased construction of 3no dwellings with access onto London Road
- Authority
- Wealden District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Smith H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the proposal's effect on the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
- whether the proposal would be a suitable location for residential development, with particular reference to reliance on the private car
- the Ashdown Forest Special Protection Area (SPA) and Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
- Housing Mix
What decided it
The delivery of three new dwellings against the Council's unmet five-year housing land supply, combined with the absence of adverse impacts to the AONB, SPA and SAC when mitigation is secured, outweighed concerns about car reliance and housing mix.
the benefits of housing delivery and the absence of significant environmental harm, when mitigation for the SPA and SAC is secured, outweighed the concerns about reliance on the private car and housing mix in a countryside location within an AONB
Framework references: 176, 56, 10
Plan policies cited: Policy EN6, Policy EN27, Policy GD2, Policy EN1, Policy DC17, Policy SP03, Policy WCS6, Policy WCS14, Policy EN15, Policy WCS12
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.