®Planning appeal decision
MARLPITS YARD, MARLPITS LANE, NINFIELD, EAST SUSSEX, TN33 9LE
proposed re-development of builders yard with construction of pair of semi-detached houses with garages and off-road parking spaces
- Authority
- Wealden District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hobbs J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is an appropriate location for the proposed development having regard to the accessibility of services and the development strategy
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, having regard to the setting of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
What decided it
Future occupiers would be overly reliant on private vehicles to access services due to the site's location outside the development boundary on an unlit, single-track road with no pavement, which constitutes an unacceptably harmful impact that outweighs the modest housing and brownfield benefits.
The benefits of housing delivery, brownfield reuse, construction employment and Council Tax receipts were outweighed by the unacceptably harmful impact of overdependence on private vehicles for accessing services, applying the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11.
Framework references: 11, 104, 110
Plan policies cited: Policy WCS6, Policy GD2, Policy DC17, Policy EN1, Policy EN6, Policy EN27
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.