LAND ADJOINING 5 BELLE VUE COTTAGES, HAILSHAM ROAD, STONE CROSS, BN24 5AS

demolition of existing garage/store buildings and removal of mobile home, proposed 9 no. detached houses and associated footpath and accesses

Authority: Wealden District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Buchanan R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a 5-year housing land supply, which engaged the tilted balance and made the substantial housing benefits outweigh the moderate harm to character and appearance.

The substantial social, environmental and economic benefits of delivering 9 new homes, including support for local facilities and services and a Community Infrastructure Levy payment, outweighed the moderate harm to character and appearance caused by infilling the gap in the semi-rural streetscene, particularly given the site's sustainable location and the development's sympathetic design.

Framework references: 11, 77

Plan policies cited: GD2, DC17, EN27, WCS14

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