®Planning appeal decision
FLITTERBANKS BARN, THE DRIVE, MARESFIELD PARK, MARESFIELD, TN22 3ER
erection of four dwellings together with associated access
- Authority
- Wealden District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wallace J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site would be a suitable location for housing, with particular regard to the locational policies of the development plan and access to services, facilities and sustainable transport options
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the proposed development on the integrity of the Ashdown Forest SAC and SPA
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply engaged the tilted balance, and the significant weight attached to the delivery of four additional dwellings outweighed the limited weight given to the conflict with locational policies and car dependency.
The adverse impacts of conflict with development plan locational policies and private car dependence, to which limited weight was attached, were outweighed by the significant weight given to the delivery of four additional dwellings in an area with a housing land supply shortfall, with the Framework's presumption in favour of sustainable development applying.
Framework references: 11, 57, 58, 110, 115, 164
Plan policies cited: LP Saved Policy EN1, LP Saved Policy GD2, LP Saved Policy DC17, LP Saved Policy EN8, LP Saved Policy EN27, LP Saved Policy EN15, CS Policy WCS14, CS Policy WCS12, CS Spatial Planning Objective SPO1, CS Spatial Planning Objective SPO7, CS Spatial Planning Objective SPO13
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.