®Planning appeal decision
Dragonfly Farm, Jenners Lane, Herstmonceux, East Sussex, BN27 1RR
the conversion of an existing rural building to create a single residential dwelling
- Authority
- Wealden District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Cramond D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would represent development which would be acceptable in terms of principle, environmental effects and sustainability
What decided it
The adverse environmental impacts of eroding countryside character and failing to accord with sustainable development patterns significantly and demonstrably outweighed the minimal economic and social benefits, including the negligible contribution to housing supply.
The adverse impacts on the environmental front significantly and demonstrably outweighed the economic, social and other benefits including the very modest contribution to housing land supply
Plan policies cited: Wealden Local Plan 1998 Saved Policy GD2, Wealden Local Plan 1998 Saved Policy EN8, Wealden Local Plan 1998 Saved Policy DC17, Wealden Local Plan 1998 Saved Policy DC8, Wealden Core Strategy Local Plan 2013 Policy SP03, Wealden Core Strategy Local Plan 2013 Policy SP01, Wealden Core Strategy Local Plan 2013 Policy SP02, Wealden Core Strategy Local Plan 2013 Policy WCS12, Wealden Core Strategy Local Plan 2013 Policy WCS14
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.