®Planning appeal decision
Land at Watermill Lane, Beckley, Rye, East Sussex, TN31 6SH
an outline application for the proposed erection of a single dwelling (all matters reserved other than site access)
- Authority
- Rother District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- De Freitas Terceiro P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would provide a suitable location for housing, having regard to the Council's spatial strategy for the supply of housing, with reference to the accessibility of services and facilities
- the effect of a new dwelling on the character and appearance of the area, with reference to the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
- the effect of the development on biodiversity
What decided it
The harm to the High Weald AONB, a landscape designation with the highest status of protection, outweighs the modest benefits of delivering one additional dwelling in a context of housing land supply shortfall.
The modest benefits of a single dwelling to housing supply were outweighed by the harm to the AONB, a landscape designation with the highest status of protection, notwithstanding the Council's inability to demonstrate a 5-year housing land supply.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy OSS2, Policy RA3, Policy T3, Policy PC1, Policy OSS3, Policy RA2, Policy TR3, Policy DEN1, Policy DIM2, Policy OSS4, Policy ENV1, Policy EN3, Policy DEN2, Policy DEN4
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.