®Planning appeal decision
Land at Fryatts Way, Bexhill, TN39 4LW
Planning appeal 3304805 at Land at Fryatts Way, Bexhill, TN39 4LW (Rother District Council) was allowed on 6 January 2023 by Inspector Chamberlain G, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for the proposal, with reference to the spatial strategy in the development plan.
outline planning application for up to 210 residential dwellings (including up to 30% affordable housing), introduction of structural planting and landscaping, informal public open space and children’s play area, surface water flood mitigation, vehicular access point and associated ancillary works. All matters to be reserved with the exception of the main site access
- Authority
- Rother District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Chamberlain G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for the proposal, with reference to the spatial strategy in the development plan
- Whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for the proposal, with reference to the accessibility of services and facilities
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The chronic five-year housing land supply shortfall triggered the paragraph 11 tilted balance, under which the significant housing and affordable housing benefits outweighed the identified moderate harms.
The significant/very significant benefits of housing and affordable housing delivery, together with moderate economic and biodiversity benefits, outweighed the moderate harm to the spatial strategy, accessibility/sustainable transport objectives and landscape character.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy OSS1Policy OSS2Policy OSS3(i)Policy RA3Policy DIM2Policy TR3Policy SRM1Policy TR2Policy EN3Policy EN1Policy DEN1Policy EN5Policy CO3Policy LHN2Policy DHG1Policy DHG6Policy SRM2Policy DEN5Policy DEN7Policy DEN4Policy LHN1Policy OSS4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 20Paragraph 60Paragraph 63Paragraph 73Paragraph 74Paragraph 81Paragraph 98Paragraph 104Paragraph 105Paragraph 110Paragraph 112Paragraph 129Paragraph 130Paragraph 131Paragraph 174
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.