Land Adjoining 5 Belle Vue Cottages, Hailsham Road, Stone Cross, BN24 5AS

Planning appeal 3303432 at Land Adjoining 5 Belle Vue Cottages, Hailsham Road, Stone Cross, BN24 5AS (Wealden District Council) was allowed on 22 September 2023 by Inspector Buchanan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area.

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
Postcode: BN24 5AS

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: GD2DC17EN27WCS14
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11Paragraph 77

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