®Planning appeal decision
Whinlatter, St Marks Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5LU
an outline application for three self build private residential dwellings using existing access from St Marks Road, all matters reserved
- Authority
- Wealden District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Glassar S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development is suitable for the site having regard to local and national policies for the location of housing
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, with particular regard to the High Weald National Landscape
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, combined with the absence of harm to the High Weald National Landscape and the modest housing benefits, engaged the presumption in favour of sustainable development under Framework paragraph 11(d)(ii).
The limited adverse impacts of the site's location outside the planning boundaries do not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of housing provision in an area with undersupply, assessed against the policies in the Framework taken as a whole, and the presumption in favour of sustainable development indicates permission should be granted.
Framework references: 11, 189
Plan policies cited: Policy GD2, Policy DC17, Policy EN6, Policy EN27, Spatial Planning Objectives SPO1, Spatial Planning Objectives SPO13, 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.