®Planning appeal decision
The Paddocks, Five Ashes, Mayfield, EAST SUSSEX, TN20 6JL
- Authority
- Wealden District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Knight A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use, and the amount of development
What decided it
The failure of the appeal scheme to conserve and enhance the High Weald National Landscape, combined with the unsustainable location requiring dependence on private motor cars, provided clear reasons to refuse the development that outweighed the benefits of housing delivery.
The benefits of housing delivery (significant weight but tempered by modest scale) and minor temporary and ongoing economic benefits were greatly outweighed by the harm caused by the unsuitable location creating reliance on private motor cars, failure to preserve and enhance the AONB/NL, and erosion of rural character
Framework references: 11, 182
Plan policies cited: Policy WCS6, Policy GD2, Policy DC17, Policy EN1, Policy EN6, Policy EN27, SPO1, SPO7, SPO8, SPO13, SPO14
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.