®Planning appeal decision
Land off Turkey Road, Turkey Road, Bexhill, Bexhill on Sea, TN39 5HZ
Planning appeal 3339879 at Land off Turkey Road, Turkey Road, Bexhill, Bexhill on Sea, TN39 5HZ (Rother District Council) was allowed on 26 September 2024 by Inspector Holden S, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would provide adequate living conditions for future occupants with regard to noise, dust and other pollutants.
Erection of 89 residential dwellings (including affordable housing), ancillary structures, new access road from Turkey Road, internal roads, car parking, landscaping and public open space, drainage features, and other associated and necessary works
- Authority
- Rother District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Holden S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would provide adequate living conditions for future occupants with regard to noise, dust and other pollutants
- Whether the proposed development would unreasonably restrict the future economic growth of the Ibstock quarry and brickworks
What decided it
The significant shortfall in the Council's five-year housing land supply engaged the tilted balance, and the substantial benefits of housing delivery were not significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the limited adverse impacts.
The collective but limited adverse impacts of the proposal (conflict with the spatial strategy, localised erosion of rural fringe, and an uncomfortable relationship with the adjacent brickworks) did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the substantial benefits of housing delivery, including affordable and self-build housing, so the presumption in favour of sustainable development applied and the appeal succeeded.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SP8Policy RM3Policy OSS4Policy DEN7Policy RA3Policy OSS1Policy OSS2Policy OSS3Policy TR3
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 56Paragraph 183Paragraph 188Paragraph 193Paragraph 216
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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