®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent To Kiln Cottage, Coldharbour Farm , Hundred Acre Lane, Wivelsfield, East Sussex, RH17 7RS
Planning appeal 3362057 at Land Adjacent To Kiln Cottage, Coldharbour Farm , Hundred Acre Lane, Wivelsfield, East Sussex, RH17 7RS (Lewes District Council) was dismissed on 9 September 2025 by Inspector Wright A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed scheme would make efficient use of the site, having regard to the provisions of the development plan.
Single 4 bed home, part single and part 2 storey, including garage and access
- Authority
- Lewes District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wright A
- Postcode
- RH17 7RS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed scheme would make efficient use of the site, having regard to the provisions of the development plan
- the effect of the proposal on the natural character of the countryside and landscape
What decided it
The proposed scheme would fail to make efficient use of the site by providing only one large dwelling instead of approximately two smaller dwellings as required by the neighbourhood plan and local plan policies, and this conflict with the development plan significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest housing supply benefits.
The modest housing supply benefit and limited economic benefits were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the failure to make efficient use of the site contrary to the development plan and the Framework's aim of directing development to sustainable locations and making effective use of land.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 2 of the Wivelsfield Parish Neighbourhood Plan 2016Core Policy 2 of the Lewes District Local Plan Part 1 Joint Core Strategy 2016Core Policies 2, 10 and 11 of the Lewes District Local Plan Part 1Policy DM25 of the Lewes District Local Plan Part 2 Site Allocations and Development Management Policies 2020Policy DM1 of the Lewes District Local Plan Part 2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
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.
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