®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent Riccards , Riccards Lane, Whatlington, East Sussex, TN33 0NG
Planning appeal 3337523 at Land Adjacent Riccards , Riccards Lane, Whatlington, East Sussex, TN33 0NG (Rother District Council) was dismissed on 22 July 2024 by Inspector Francis L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area with particular regard to whether the proposal would conserve and enhance the landscape, scenic and natural beauty of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and National Landscape.
the removal of existing outbuildings and the erection of 2 dwellings
- Authority
- Rother District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Francis L
- Postcode
- TN33 0NG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area with particular regard to whether the proposal would conserve and enhance the landscape, scenic and natural beauty of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and National Landscape
- whether the proposed development would provide a suitable location for housing, having regard to the spatial strategy, public transport network and accessibility of services
What decided it
The proposal would cause harm to the landscape, scenic and natural beauty of the High Weald National Landscape, particularly through light pollution from the glazed link and the urbanising effect of the development pattern, which engaged the exception in paragraph 11(d)(i) of the Framework and displaced the presumption in favour of sustainable development.
The limited benefits of housing supply and socio-economic benefits from construction were outweighed by the harm to the High Weald National Landscape, conflict with the spatial strategy, and unsustainable location with limited public transport and no safe walking routes to services.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy EN1(i) of the Rother Local Plan Core Strategy 2014Policy DEN2 of the Development and Site Allocations Local Plan 2019Policy OSS2 of the Core StrategyPolicy OSS4 of the Core StrategyPolicy RA2 of the Core StrategyPolicy RA3 of the Core StrategyPolicy EN3 of the Core StrategyPolicy DIM2 of the DASAPolicy PC1 of the Core StrategyPolicy OSS3 of the Core StrategyPolicy TR3 of the Core Strategy
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 182Paragraph 11
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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