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Allowed6 October 20266005671

Land South of Green Road, Wivelsfield Green, RH17 7QL

Planning appeal 6005671 at Land South of Green Road, Wivelsfield Green, RH17 7QL (Lewes District Council) was allowed on 6 October 2026, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed access road would be inappropriate development in an area of Local Green Space, including any effect on openness.

outline application for the erection of up to 150 dwellings, with associated works, parking, landscaping, publicly accessible open space, land for education or community use, with access from Green Road and Eastern Road

Authority
Lewes District Council
Appeal type
major · Planning
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential
Postcode
RH17 7QL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposed access road would be inappropriate development in an area of Local Green Space, including any effect on openness
  • The effect on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The substantial weight attributed to the council's 2.77-year housing land shortfall and its underdelivery of affordable housing outweighed the significant localised harm to character and appearance under the Policy S5 test.

the substantial weight given to the housing land shortfall and affordable housing underdelivery, together with moderate and limited benefits, was not substantially outweighed by the significant harm to character and appearance and other identified harms, so the proposal accorded with Framework Policy S5

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 7Policy 6CP10DM25DM27DM33DM26DM15DM16Core Policy 1Core Policy 7Core Policy 8Core Policy 13
National Planning Policy Framework
Policy S3Policy S5Policy HC2Policy HC8Policy GB7Policy GB2
Judgments
Lochailort Investments Ltd vs Mendip District Council [2020] EWCA Civ 1259

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

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