54-55 High Street, Battle, TN33 0EN

Planning appeal 6002821 at 54-55 High Street, Battle, TN33 0EN (Rother District Council) was dismissed on 12 May 2026 by Inspector Coles C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether condition 2 is reasonable and necessary having regard to the effect that extending opening hours would have on the living conditions of the occupiers of nearby residential properties.

Change of use of ground floor from restaurant (Class E) to sports bar and restaurant (sui generis) with extended opening hours on Friday and Saturday nights until 00.30 (retrospective)

Authority: Rother District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector: Coles C
Postcode: TN33 0EN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether condition 2 is reasonable and necessary having regard to the effect that extending opening hours would have on the living conditions of the occupiers of nearby residential properties

What decided it

The extension of opening hours would exacerbate anti-social behaviour outside the premises and extend the period residents would be exposed to disturbance, thereby unacceptably harming the living conditions of nearby residential occupiers contrary to local plan policies.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy OSS4 (ii) of the Rother Local Plan Core StrategyPolicy DEN7 of the Development and Site Allocations Plan
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 198

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