®Planning appeal decision
Roselands , Goldbridge Road, Piltdown, East Sussex, TN22 3XL
for permission in principle for the erection of a two-bedroom, single- storey dwelling and associated works
- Authority
- Wealden District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Jolly J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development
What decided it
The dwelling would be located outside a recognised settlement boundary with no exceptional circumstances to justify development in the countryside, contrary to saved Policies GD2 and DC17 of the Wealden Local Plan and the Framework.
The tilted balance was not engaged due to Footnote 7 of the Framework (Ashdown Forest SPA/SAC); even if it were, the limited economic, social and environmental benefits of one dwelling would be significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the adverse impacts of locating development outside the settlement boundary.
Framework references: 7, 83, 108, 114, 116
Plan policies cited: Wealden Local Plan (1998) Policy GD2, Wealden Local Plan (1998) Policy EN1, Wealden Local Plan (1998) Policy DC17, Wealden Core Strategy (2013) Core Policy SPO7, Wealden Core Strategy (2013) Core Policy SPO13, Wealden Core Strategy (2013) Core Policy WCS2, Wealden Core Strategy (2013) Core Policy WCS6
Judgments cited: Vistry Homes Ltd v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Others (2024)
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