®Planning appeal decision
Wellshurst Golf and Country Club, North Street, Hellingly, East Sussex, BN27 4ED
‘application for camping facilities in the form of pods, caravans and a site office on land owned by the golf club to add to the leisure facilities already in place’
- Authority
- Wealden District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Minor retail and services
- Inspector
- Shearing C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the ancient woodland
- The effect of the proposal on the landscape character
What decided it
The proposal would cause deterioration of the ancient woodland through development within its buffer zone, contrary to Natural England Standing Advice and NPPF paragraph 193, and this substantial harm could not be outweighed by the economic and leisure benefits of the scheme.
Framework references: 11, 88, 193
Plan policies cited: Policy EN13 of the Wealden Local Plan 1998, SPO1 of the Wealden Core Strategy, SPO2 of the Wealden Core Strategy, Policy EN8 of the Wealden Local Plan 1998, Policy EN27 of the Wealden Local Plan 1998, Policy TM8 of the Wealden Local Plan 1998, Policy HNDP1 of the Hellingly Neighbourhood Plan 2021, Policy TM1 of the Wealden Local Plan 1998, Policy WCS14 of the Wealden 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.