Object
Proposed Submission Development and Site Allocations (DaSA) Local Plan
Representation ID: 24118
Received: 05/12/2018
Respondent: High Weald AONB Unit
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
The proposed development of 30 homes will not conserve and enhance the AONB due to the following:
1) the new development will be poorly integrated with the existing village because of the distance of the access point from the village centre and the lack of opportunity for pedestrian access into the village. This would be contrary to objectives S2 and S3 of the High Weald AONB Management Plan "To protect the historic pattern and character of settlement" and "To enhance the architectural quality of the High Weald and ensure development reflects the character of the High Weald in its scale, layout and design";
2) the development of 30 houses is unlikely to provide a doctor's surgery due to the scale of development and the costs of providing a long access route to the site. As demonstrated by the current planning application for 150 units, such requirements will prompt proposals for a larger scale development to finance this infrastructure. Larger scale development would be inappropriate in the AONB, where paragraph 172 of the NPPF says that development should be limited and only permitted in exceptional circumstances. It would also extend the visual impact of the development eastwards into more open countryside.
The proposed development of 30 homes will not conserve and enhance the AONB due to the following:
1) the new development will be poorly integrated with the existing village because of the distance of the access point from the village centre and the lack of opportunity for pedestrian access at the west or southern edges of the site into the village. This would be contrary to objectives S2 and S3 of the High Weald AONB Management Plan "To protect the historic pattern and character of settlement" and "To enhance the architectural quality of the High Weald and ensure development reflects the character of the High Weald in its scale, layout and design";
2) the development of 30 houses is unlikely to provide a doctor's surgery due to the scale of the development and the costs of providing such a long access route to the site. As demonstrated by the current planning application for 150 units, such requirements will prompt proposals for a larger scale development to finance this infrastructure. Larger scale development would not be appropriate in the AONB, where paragraph 172 of the NPPF says that development should be limited and only permitted in exceptional circumstances. It would also extend the visual impact of the development eastwards into more open countryside.