Planning appeal decision
Land at Dean Farm, Palehouse Common, Framfield, TN22 5QZ
Planning appeal 3323357 at Land at Dean Farm, Palehouse Common, Framfield, TN22 5QZ (Wealden District Council) was allowed on 9 April 2024 by Inspector Bore J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The appropriateness of the location having regard to the need for business development.
the erection of two business units (Class E), access, landscaping and other associated infrastructure
- Authority
- Wealden District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Bore J
- Postcode
- TN22 5QZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The appropriateness of the location having regard to the need for business development
- The effect of the scheme on the character of the countryside
- The effect on the significance of the Grade II listed Pelham Farmhouse and Pelham Place
- The effect on protected species and trees
What decided it
The acute and evidenced need for business development in the area, combined with seriously out-of-date development plan policies that fail to provide adequately for that need, outweighed the countryside and heritage considerations which could be adequately mitigated through conditions.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
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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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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.
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