Clear View Farm Chiddingly Road, Horam, HEATHFIELD, TN21 0JJ

redevelopment of the existing site and equestrian facilities to provide 51 residential dwellings with associated access works, garaging, car parking, site landscaping and woodland management

Authority: Wealden District Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Woodward M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, with particular regard to design.
The effect of the proposal on ancient woodland.

What decided it

The very substantial harm to character and appearance arising from the scheme's poor design and layout outweighed the benefits, including under the tilted balance.

The harm to character and appearance from poor design carried very substantial weight and significantly and demonstrably outweighed the housing, social, environmental and economic benefits, even applying the tilted balance under paragraph 11(d)(ii).

Framework references: 11, 126, 130, 174, 180

Plan policies cited: Policy EN27, Saved Policy EN13, Policy WCS12, Policy WCS13, Policy WCS14, Saved Policy GD2, Saved Policy DC17, Policy WCS6, Policy WCS9

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

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