®Planning appeal decision
Land at Fryatts Way, Bexhill, TN39 4LW
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.
Framework references: 11, 20, 60, 63, 73, 74, 81, 98, 104, 105, 110, 112, 129, 130, 131, 174
Plan policies cited: Policy OSS1, Policy OSS2, Policy OSS3(i), Policy RA3, Policy DIM2, Policy TR3, Policy SRM1, Policy TR2, Policy EN3, Policy EN1, Policy DEN1, Policy EN5, Policy CO3, Policy LHN2, Policy DHG1, Policy DHG6, Policy SRM2, Policy DEN5, Policy DEN7, Policy DEN4, Policy LHN1, Policy OSS4
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.