®Planning appeal decision
Linkway, Vicarage Road,, Burwash Common, Etchingham, East Sussex, TN19 7LS
Planning appeal 3329602 at Linkway, Vicarage Road,, Burwash Common, Etchingham, East Sussex, TN19 7LS (Rother District Council) was dismissed on 12 November 2024 by Inspector Catcheside E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the sites are suitable for residential development, having regard to their location, land use, and the amount of development proposed, with consideration to (a) the spatial strategy set out in the development plan and accessibility to services and facilities, and (b) the effect of the developments on the character and appearance of the area including the High Weald National Landscape.
the demolition of Linkway house & construction of 2-5 net additional houses
- Authority
- Rother District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Catcheside E
- Postcode
- TN19 7LS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the sites are suitable for residential development, having regard to their location, land use, and the amount of development proposed, with consideration to (a) the spatial strategy set out in the development plan and accessibility to services and facilities, and (b) the effect of the developments on the character and appearance of the area including the High Weald National Landscape
What decided it
The sites' unsuitability as locations for housing due to poor access to services and facilities combined with moderate and localised harm to the landscape and scenic beauty of the National Landscape, which collectively and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of housing delivery when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
The significant weight attached to housing delivery and modest economic benefits were outweighed by the great weight of the adverse impacts of poor accessibility to services and facilities and moderate and localised harm to the National Landscape character, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy OSS1Policy OSS2Policy OSS3Policy OSS4Policy RA1Policy RA2Policy RA3Policy EN1Policy DIM2Policy DEN1Policy DEN2Policy C05Policy DHG5Policy GP01
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
- Judgments
- Monkhill Ltd v SSHCLG & Waverley Borough Council [2021] EWCA Civ 74
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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