®Planning appeal decision
61 A Allington Road, Newick, East Sussex, BN8 4NB
a new residential dwelling
- Authority
- Lewes District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wilson D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on highway safety with particular regard to access
- the effect of the proposed development on the Ashdown Forest Special Protection Area (SPA)
What decided it
The significant harm to the integrity of the Ashdown Forest SPA through recreational disturbance, which is an area of particular importance under the Framework and provides a clear reason for refusal that outweighs the housing land supply shortfall.
The benefits of the scheme, which are limited due to the modest scale of development, are very comfortably outweighed by the significant harm to the integrity of the SPA, bearing in mind its international importance; the tilted balance arising from housing land supply shortfall is disengaged by the clear reason for refusal provided by the Framework's protection of the SPA.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy CP11 of the Lewes District Local Plan Part 1 Joint Core Strategy 2010-2030 May 2016, Policy DM25 of the Lewes District Local Plan Part 2 Site Allocations and Development Management Policies February 2020
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.