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Allowed26 November 20243339112

Land at Coopers Green Road, Ringles Cross, Uckfield, TN22 3AA

Planning appeal 3339112 at Land at Coopers Green Road, Ringles Cross, Uckfield, TN22 3AA (Wealden District Council) was allowed on 26 November 2024 by Inspector McDonald K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area.

a residential care home

Authority
Wealden District Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
community-institutional · Major retail and services
Inspector
McDonald K
Postcode
TN22 3AA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
  • the effect of the development on heritage assets

What decided it

The substantial public benefits of providing 50 specialist care home bed spaces to meet an acute and evidenced national need for elderly care accommodation outweighed the less than substantial harm to the heritage setting of Buxted Park.

The less than substantial harm to the setting of the Grade II* listed Buxted Park Registered Park and Garden and associated heritage assets was outweighed by the substantial public benefits of meeting an acute need for care home accommodation, freeing up family homes in a district lacking five-year housing land supply, providing specialist care with potential health and social services cost savings, and moderate benefits from sustainability, employment, biodiversity net gain and public transport improvements.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy EN27Policy EN1Policy EN15Policy WCS12

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