Burchetts, Station Road, North Chailey, East Sussex, BN8 4HE

permission in principle for 1 no. new dwelling at Burchetts, Station Road, North Chailey, BN8 4HE

Authority: Lewes District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Walker C

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the site is a suitable location for a new dwelling, having particular regard to the spatial strategy, its accessibility to local facilities and services and its effect on the character and function of the landscape and countryside

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply triggered the presumption in favour of sustainable development under paragraph 11(d) of the Framework, and the limited locational harm identified does not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of contributing to housing supply.

The limited locational harm and conflict with the spatial strategy do not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of boosting housing supply and the site's reasonable accessibility to sustainable transport and local facilities, when assessed against the policies in the Framework taken as a whole

Framework references: 11, 89

Plan policies cited: SADMP Policy DM1, NP Policies ENV1, NP Policies ENV3

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