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Dismissed30 May 20253357229

Yew Tree House, Yew Tree Lane, Rotherfield, East Sussex, TN6 3QP

Planning appeal 3357229 at Yew Tree House, Yew Tree Lane, Rotherfield, East Sussex, TN6 3QP (Wealden District Council) was dismissed on 30 May 2025 by Inspector Holden S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed barn conversion would conserve and enhance the landscape and scenic beauty of the High Weald National Landscape (HWNL).

conversion of existing barn to 3 bed dwelling with associated external alterations, access, parking and landscaping

Authority
Wealden District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Holden S
Postcode
TN6 3QP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposed barn conversion would conserve and enhance the landscape and scenic beauty of the High Weald National Landscape (HWNL)
  • The effect of the proposed conversion on the setting of Yew Tree House, a Grade II listed building
  • Whether the site is a suitable location for an additional dwelling having regard to local and national planning policy for the delivery of housing

What decided it

The significant harm to the High Weald National Landscape and the setting of the Grade II listed building Yew Tree House, which provides strong reasons for refusal under footnote 7 to paragraph 11 of the Framework, outweighs the benefit of a single dwelling despite the Council's housing land supply shortfall.

The limited benefits of a single dwelling would not outweigh the collective harms to a protected landscape, a designated heritage asset, and the strategic aims of the Local Plan to locate new homes in or near existing settlements with genuine choice of travel mode.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy DC8Policy DC17Policy GD2Policy EN6Policy EN27Spatial Planning Objective SPO7
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 189Paragraph 215Paragraph 11

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