®Planning appeal decision
Barn at South Park Farm , Priory Road , Forest Row, RH18 5HT
conversion of redundant detached agricultural barn with reduced footprint to three-bedroom residential unit
- Authority
- Wealden District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Coles C
- Postcode
- RH18 5HT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be a suitable location for housing, having regard to the Council's spatial strategy and the provisions of the National Planning Policy Framework
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the surrounding area, including the High Weald National Landscape
What decided it
The proposal complies with Policy DC8 and the development plan as a whole, and the Council cannot demonstrate a 5-year housing land supply, triggering the presumption in favour of sustainable development under paragraph 11d of the Framework.
The benefits of delivering an additional dwelling in the context of a housing land supply of 3.68 years outweighed any adverse impacts in terms of additional travel by private car, applying the tilted balance under paragraph 11d of the Framework.
Framework references: 84, 110, 189, 11, 58
Plan policies cited: Policy GD2, Policy DC17, Policy DC8, Policy WCS6, Policy SPO7, Policy EN6, Policy WCS12, Strategic Objective SP01, Policy EN1, Policy EN15
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.