®Planning appeal decision
Talisker, Vines Cross Road, Horam, East Sussex, TN21 0HF
replacement of an agricultural barn with a single-storey carbon positive dwelling including change of use of land to residential, associated new access and landscape and biodiversity enhancements
- Authority
- Wealden District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hobbs J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for residential development, having regard to the spatial strategy and the accessibility of services and facilities
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The Council's failure to demonstrate five years of deliverable housing land supply (3.83 years) engaged the presumption in favour of sustainable development, which tipped the balance in favour of the proposal despite its conflict with the development plan spatial strategy.
The adverse effects of conflicting with the spatial strategy were outweighed by the benefits of housing delivery, local economic vitality, construction-period economic benefits, and energy efficiency and biodiversity enhancements, applying the presumption in favour of sustainable development under Framework paragraph 11(d)(ii) due to the Council's shortfall in housing land supply.
Framework references: 11, 109, 225, 226
Plan policies cited: WLP Policy GD2, WLP Policy DC17, WLP Policy EN8, WLP Policy EN27, WCS Policy SPO1, WCS Policy SPO7, WCS Policy SPO8, WCS Policy WCS14
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.