®Planning appeal decision
Land at Broyle Gate Farm, Lewes Road, Ringmer, East Sussex, BN8 5NA
up to 100 residential dwellings (40% affordable) and the provision of community facilities to include an artificial turf football pitch, tennis courts, cricket nets, outdoor gym, play area, skate park, parking area and public open space
- Authority
- Lewes District Council
- Appeal type
- other · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Unknown
- Inspector
- Cliff D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the proposal accords with the spatial strategy as set out in the development plan
- The effect of the proposed development on the landscape, character and appearance of the area, including with regard to the setting of the SDNP and the settlements of Ringmer and Broyle Side
- The effect on the significance of (a) the nearby Grade II listed buildings, 'Broyle Gate Farmhouse' (Ref: 1238588) and 'Former Farm Buildings to the north and northeast of Broyle Gate Farmhouse' (Ref: 1238592) and (b) the non-designated heritage asset 'Little Thatch Cottage'
- The acceptability of the sports and recreational facilities proposed as part of the development, including with regard to Policy 7.4 of the Ringmer Neighbourhood Plan
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five year housing land supply engaged the tilted balance, under which the substantial housing and affordable housing benefits outweighed the identified landscape, heritage and policy conflict harms.
The substantial benefits of up to 100 dwellings (40% affordable) and significant benefits from funded sports and recreation facilities, together with moderate economic and biodiversity benefits, outweighed the moderate landscape and visual harm, the less than substantial heritage harm to designated assets, modest harm to a non-designated heritage asset, and limited conflict with the spatial strategy and Policy 7.4, such that the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits.
Framework references: 11, 56, 57, 95, 134, 174, 176, 199, 200, 202
Plan policies cited: Policy DM1, Policy SP2, Policy 6.4, Policy 4.1, Policy 6.3, Core Policy 10, Policy DM25, Policy 4.11, Policy 4.2, Core Policy 11, Policy DM33, Policy 4.7, Policy 7.4, Policy DM15, Policy CP14, Policy 8.1, Policy 8.4, Policy DM22, Policy 8.11, Policy 8.7, Policy 5.4, Policy CP10, Policy DM24, Policy 4.10, Policy CP1
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.