®Planning appeal decision
Kingsmead, Myrtle Road, Crowborough, TN6 1EY
‘erection of 6 dwellings, access and landscape’
- Authority
- Wealden District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Shearing C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on badgers and their setts
- The effects of the proposal on the outlook, privacy and natural light experienced by the occupants of properties on Valley View Close
- Whether the proposal would achieve suitable biodiversity net gain
What decided it
The substantial harm to badgers and their setts combined with very significant harm to the living conditions of neighbouring occupants through loss of privacy and natural light significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits of housing delivery in a sustainable location.
The adverse impacts of harm to protected species (substantial weight) and harm to neighbouring living conditions through loss of privacy and natural light (very significant weight) significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits of six new homes and economic benefits (considerable weight), such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
Framework references: 11, 110, 115, 129, 135, 193
Plan policies cited: Policy WCS12 of the Core Strategy 2013, Policy EN1 of the Wealden Local Plan 1998, Policy EN27 of the Wealden Local Plan 1998, Policy SPO13 of the Core Strategy 2013
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.