Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Dismissed8 May 20253352875

Land at Westdene Avenue, Newhaven, East Sussex, BN9 9TX

Planning appeal 3352875 at Land at Westdene Avenue, Newhaven, East Sussex, BN9 9TX (Lewes District Council) was dismissed on 8 May 2025 by Inspector Packman J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal is in a suitable location, having regard to accessibility to services.

the erection of a single storey holiday let building

Authority
Lewes District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
leisure-sport · Minor retail and services
Inspector
Packman J
Postcode
BN9 9TX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposal is in a suitable location, having regard to accessibility to services
  • the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The proposal is situated in an isolated location with poor accessibility that fails to meet the exceptional design standards required by NPPF paragraph 84, and would cause unacceptable harm to the rural character and tranquil appearance of the landscape.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CP5Policy DM1Policy CP10Policy CP11Policy DM25
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 84Paragraph 88

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

31 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Lewes District Council

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2025

  1. Allowed30 July 20266009845
    Orchard House, Neaves Lane, Ringmer, BN8 5UA
  2. Dismissed20 February 20263373178
    Land Off Westdean Avenue, Newhaven, East Sussex, BN9 9TU
  3. Dismissed2 January 20243305345
    Oak Farm, Town Littleworth Road, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 4TH
  4. Dismissed2 November 20233314433
    4 Church Street, East Sussex, Seaford, BN25 1HD
  5. Allowed6 October 20266005671
    Land South of Green Road, Wivelsfield Green, RH17 7QL

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.