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Dismissed17 November 20233320127

Land at Watermill Lane, Beckley, Rye, East Sussex, TN31 6SH

Planning appeal 3320127 at Land at Watermill Lane, Beckley, Rye, East Sussex, TN31 6SH (Rother District Council) was dismissed on 17 November 2023 by Inspector De Freitas Terceiro P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.

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
Postcode
TN31 6SH

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy OSS2Policy RA3Policy T3Policy PC1Policy OSS3Policy RA2Policy TR3Policy DEN1Policy DIM2Policy OSS4Policy ENV1Policy EN3Policy DEN2Policy DEN4
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11

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.

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