®Planning appeal decision
Ten Acres Fishery, Halland Park, Eastbourne Road, East Sussex, BN8 6RB
erection of a temporary mobile home for rural workers to support and manage the Ten Ponds fishery business with associated works including erection of retaining wall
- Authority
- Wealden District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- agricultural · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Smith J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- whether there is an essential need for a rural worker to live on the site
- whether the statutory requirement for biodiversity net gain is capable of being successfully discharged
What decided it
The combination of harm to the character and appearance of the area and the failure to demonstrate an essential functional and financial need for a rural worker's dwelling outweighed the limited benefits, even under the tilted balance.
The harm to character and appearance and the inadequately justified rural worker's dwelling carried significant weight, which significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest benefits from rural economic activity, biodiversity and housing land supply, even applying the tilted balance in paragraph 11d of the Framework.
Framework references: 135, 84, 88, 89, 11
Plan policies cited: Spatial Planning Objective SPO1, Policy EN8, Spatial Planning Objective SPO13, WLP Policy EN27, Policy DC2, WLP Policy GD2, WLP Policy DC17, Core Strategy WCS12, WLP Policy EN1, Policy 5 of the East Hoathly with Halland Neighbourhood Plan (EHHNP), Policy 8 of the EHHNP, SPO6, Policy WCS14
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.