®Planning appeal decision
Hunters Barn, Nutley East, Nutley, East Sussex, TN22 3LS
demolish the stables and convert redundant cattle shed into residential use with ancillary use of an adjacent pole barn, and biodiversity enhancements
- 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
- Whether the proposed development accords with character and appearance of the area with particular regard to the High Weald National Landscape
- The effect of the proposed development on the Ashdown Forest Special Protection Area
What decided it
The proposal would result in unjustified proliferation of housing in the countryside and cause harm to landscape and scenic beauty in the High Weald National Landscape, which provides a strong reason for refusal under paragraph 11(d)(i) of the Framework.
The housing supply and economic benefits were outweighed by the unjustified proliferation of housing in the countryside and harm to landscape and scenic beauty in the High Weald National Landscape, triggering the exception in paragraph 11(d)(i) of the Framework which required refusal.
Framework references: 84, 125, 89, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy GD2, Policy DC17, Policy DC8, Policy EN1, Policy EN6, Policy WCS6, Policy WCS12, Policy WCS14, Strategic Planning Objective SPO1, Strategic Planning Objective SPO7
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.