®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent Riccards , Riccards Lane, Whatlington, East Sussex, TN33 0NG
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
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.
Framework references: 182, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy EN1(i) of the Rother Local Plan Core Strategy 2014, Policy DEN2 of the Development and Site Allocations Local Plan 2019, Policy OSS2 of the Core Strategy, Policy OSS4 of the Core Strategy, Policy RA2 of the Core Strategy, Policy RA3 of the Core Strategy, Policy EN3 of the Core Strategy, Policy DIM2 of the DASA, Policy PC1 of the Core Strategy, Policy OSS3 of the Core Strategy, Policy TR3 of the Core Strategy
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.