®Planning appeal decision
The Old Coachworks, High Street, Ticehurst, TN5 7EX
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
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.
Framework references: 63, 85, 88, 232
Plan policies cited: Policy DEC3, Policy DCO1, Policy DHG5, Policy EC7, Policy E1
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.