Land at Arlington Road East , Hailsham, BN27 3NS

the erection of a single residential dwelling with an attached double garage and two car parking spaces

Authority: Wealden District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Glassar S

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The harm to character and appearance caused by introducing a dwelling into an established green buffer between housing and the A22 significantly and demonstrably outweighs the modest housing supply and economic benefits.

The modest housing benefit and limited social and economic benefits were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the prominent and long-lasting harm to character and appearance, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.

Framework references: 11, 135

Plan policies cited: Policy EN27 of the Wealden Local Plan 1998, Spatial Objectives SPO11, Spatial Objectives SPO13, Policy WSC13 of the Wealden Core Strategy Local Plan 2013, Policy HAIL D1 of the Hailsham Neighbourhood Plan 2021, Policy HAIL GS1 of the Hailsham Neighbourhood Plan 2021

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