The Old Coachworks, High Street, Ticehurst, TN5 7EX

Planning appeal 3341088 at The Old Coachworks, High Street, Ticehurst, TN5 7EX (Rother District Council) was dismissed on 13 January 2025 by Inspector Hobbs J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would result in the unjustified loss of a site of social or economic value.

change of use and minor external alterations to create one new self-contained age-restricted residential extra-care apartment

Authority: Rother District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Hobbs J
Postcode: TN5 7EX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal would result in the unjustified loss of a site of social or economic value

What decided it

The unjustified loss of a retail unit of social or economic value, unsupported by comprehensive marketing or financial viability evidence, significantly and demonstrably outweighs the moderate benefits of providing one extra-care apartment despite the Council's housing land supply shortfall.

The adverse impacts of the unjustified loss of the retail unit significantly and demonstrably outweigh the moderate benefits of the provision of one extra care apartment when assessed against the policies in the Framework taken as a whole, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development does not apply.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy DEC3Policy DCO1Policy DHG5Policy EC7Policy E1
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 63Paragraph 85Paragraph 88Paragraph 232

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