Land north of Bishops Lane, west of Willow Bank, Robertsbridge

6005903·Rother·16 Sept 2026dismissed·RR/2022/1379/P

Tier label used

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The tier sentence ¶33

“accessible location in relation to the local services”

Summary

41 homes (39% affordable) on an arable field at the edge of Robertsbridge in the High Weald National Landscape, in a district with a 3.04-year supply and a 35% HDT score. Dismissed. The scheme met S5(1)(j) and was accessibly located, but the urbanising effect on the field and the loss of a historic sunken-lane bank for the access junction harmed the National Landscape. Given "greater than substantial weight", that harm substantially outweighed substantial housing benefits. DP3(3) was also invoked as a refusal policy.

The location finding

TR3: pass. agreed accessible; genuine choice of transport modes; also accords with TR4 and TR8 (DL 36, 45)

Why this is cited

This decision was picked up by the search on the words above, which refer to services, not to a settlement tier. generic; dismissed on National Landscape.

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6005903.txt

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