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Land at Mockbeggars Farm Document Library

Appellant: Obsidian Strategic Asset Management Ltd

Appeal Reference: APP/C1435/W/23/3330872

Hearing Opens: 6 February 2023 at East Sussex National, Little Horsted, Uckfield

Proposal: Outline application for the development of 60 no. dwellings, access and internal roads, parking, ancillary structures, landscaping and open space, drainage and other associated works. All matters reserved apart from access.

26 October 2023Appeal start date
02 November 2023Questionnaire and Notifications by Letter Issued
30 November 2023Deadline for Interested Party Comments and Statements
12 December 2023Casework Management Conference held
9 January 2024Deadline for further evidence and core documents
6 February 2024Hearing opens

Case Management Conference Summary Note : 12 December 2023

View the Case File 

You can view the Planning Application case file which includes the original submitted application form, plans, supporting information, officer report and representations through this link.

Hearing Timetable

The Hearing into this appeal opens 10am 6 February 2024. You can view the Hearing timetable below: 

6 February 2024 – Hearing Timetable

Hearing Statements

Appellant Hearing Statement – Planning

Appellant Hearing Statement – Planning (Appendices)

Appellant Hearing Statement – Ecology

Appellant Hearing Statement – Ecology (Appendices)

Appellant Hearing Statement – Landscape

Appellant Hearing Statement – Landscape (Appendices)

Appellant Hearing Statement – Transport

MRSG Final Statement

Uckfield Town Council Hearing Statement

Rebuttals

Appellants Rebuttal – Flooding & Drainage

Appellants Rebuttal – Flooding & Drainage (Appendices)

Appellants Rebuttal – Ecology

Appellants Rebuttal – Heritage

Core Documents

View the final core documents list

CD Document
CD1.1 National Planning Policy Framework (December 2023)
CD1.2 National Design Guide (2021)
CD Document
CD2.1 Wealden’s Core Strategy Local Plan Policies SP03, SP06, SP07, SP013, SP015, WCS1, WCS2, WCS5, WCS6, WCS7, WCS8, WCS12, WCS13 and WCS14
CD2.2 Wealden Local Plan 1998 Policies GD2, EN1, EN2, EN8, EN12, EN14, EN15, EN18, EN27, EN29, DC17, HG5, HG6, HG7, CS1, CS2, CS4, TR3, TR13, TR16, LR1, LR3 and LR5
CD2.3 Wealden Affordable Housing Delivery Local Plan 2016 Policy AFH1
CD2.4 Wealden Design Guide Chapter 5 parts 4.4, 7.7, 8.6, 10.3 and Chapter 7 part 4.8
CD Document
CD3.1 Submitted Application (WD/2022/0648/MAO) Drawings
CD3.2 Planning Statement
CD3.3 Design and Access Statement
CD3.4 Arboricultural Development Report
CD3.5 Arboricultural Survey
CD3.6 Ecological Impact Assessment Checklist
CD3.7 Ecological Appraisal
CD3.8 Energy & Sustainability Report
CD3.9 Flood Risk Assessment & Drainage Strategy
CD3.10 Heritage Statement
CD3.11 Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment
CD3.12 Transport Assessment
CD3.13 Statement of Community Involvement
CD3.14 Transport Technical Note (November 2022)
CD3.15 Transport Technical Note – Response to ESCC (January 2023)
CD3.16 Transport Technical Note – Response to Uckfield Town Council (January 2023)
CD3.17 Transport Technical Note (February 2023)
CD3.18 Schedule of Accommodation
CD3.19 Travel Plan
CD Document
CD4.1 Refusal Notice WD/2022/0648/MAO
CD Document
CD5.1 WD/2022/0648/MAO WDC’s Planning Committee North Report 15th June 2023
CD Document
CD6.1 Wealden District Council’s Five-Year Housing Land Supply Statement (as of 1st April 2023)
CD6.2 Wealden Local Housing Needs Assessment (August 2021)
CD6.3 Authority Monitoring Report (December 2023)
CD6.4 Wealden Housing Delivery Test Measurement (December 2023)
CDDocument
CD7.1ESCC Highways 1st Consultation Response dated 15.02.23
CD7.2ESCC Highways 2nd Consultation Response dated 17.02.23
CD7.3ESCC Bus Service Improvement Plan
CD7.4ESCC TP Guidance
CD7.5ESCC LCWIP
CDDocument
CD8.1WDC Biodiversity 1st Consultation Response dated 27.01.23
CD8.2WDC Biodiversity 2nd Consultation Response dated 25.05.23
CD8.3CIEEM, Guidelines for Ecological Impact Assessment in the UK and Ireland: Terrestrial, Freshwater, Coastal and Marine, 2018 (version 1.1)
CD8.4BCT/ILP Guidance Note 08/23 – Bats and Artificial Lighting at Night
CD8.5Gunnell, K., Grant, G. and Williams, C. (2012) Landscape and urban design for bats and biodiversity. Bat Conservation Trust
CD8.6Natural England (March 2023) Natural England Joint Publication JP039. Biodiversity Metric 4.0: auditing and accounting for biodiversity – User Guide
CD8.7Appeal Decision APP/Y3940/W/21/3278256 – MalmesburyCD6.1]
CD8.8Ashdown Forest SPA Mitigation Zone Background Paper – Prepared by WDC, dated January 2019
CD8.9Ashdown Forest Special Protection Area (SPA) Strategic Access Management and Monitoring Strategy Tariff Guidance, dated October 2019
CD8.10Ashdown Forest SANGS Survey 2021
CD8.11Ashdown Forest Visitor Survey 2021
CD8.12Ashdown Forest Visitor Survey 2016
CD8.13Footprint Ecology – Visitor Surveys at Potential SANGs Sites in Wealden, April 2015
CD8.14Ashdown Forest Visitor Survey Data Analysis, September 2010
CD8.15UE Associates Visitor Access Patterns on the Ashdown Forest Report for Mid Susses District Council and Wealden District Council, September 2009
CD Document
CD9.1 WDC Drainage Consultation Response dated 16.05.22
CD9.2 Local Lead Flood Authority Consultation Response dated 23.05.22
CD9.3 Southern Water 1st Consultation Response dated 27.05.22
CD9.4 Southern Water 2nd Consultation Response dated 01.11.22
CD9.5 Southern Water 3rd Consultation Response dated 07.11.22
CDDocument
CD10.1Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment Third Edition (GLVIA3) published by the Landscape Institute and the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment in April 2013
CD10.2Landscape Institute Technical Guidance Note 02/21 (LI TGN 02/21)
CD10.3Landscape Institute Technical Guidance Note 06/19 (LI TGN 06/19)
CD10.4National Character Area 122: High Weald (NCA 122)
CD10.5The East Sussex Landscape Character Assessment 2016
CD10.6Wealden District Council Landscape & Settlement Character Assessment October 2014 (Chris Blandford Associates)
CD10.7Wealden District Council Landscape Character Assessment May 2022 (LUC)
CD10.8Wealden Green Infrastructure Study May 2017 (Chris Blandford Associates)
CDDocument
CD11.1Wealden pre-Application Advice Letter dated 16.07.21
CD11.2WD/2022/0648/MAO Statutory and Non-Statutory Consultation Responses
CD11.3Landscape Strategy Plan (7397/ASP3/LSP-C) Additional Information
CD11.4Biodiversity Net Gain Assessment 2023 Additional Information
CD11.5Shadow Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) Additional Information
CD11.6Ecological Lighting Design Principles (6212 – TN01) Additional Information
CD11.7Site Location Plan (S101 C) Additional Information
CD11.8WDC Withdrawal
CD11.9Casework Management Note dated 20.12.23
CD11.10WDC CIL Charging Schedule
CD11.11Outdoor Play Space SPG
CD11.12Open Space Study
CD Document
CD12.1 WD/2020/1088/MAO Decision Notice – Land West of Five Ash Down, Coopers Green (dated 01.04.21)
CD12.2 Appeal Decision APP/C1435/A/07/2046982/NWF – Downlands Farm, Uckfield (dated 25.02.09)
CD12.3 Appeal Decision APP/C1435/W/22/3301104 – Land at Old Nursery House, The Street, Framfield TN22 5PN (dated 05.01.23)
CD Document
CD13.1 General Statement of Common Ground between Obsidian Strategic Asset Management Ltd and Wealden District Council
CDDocument
Development Plan
CD14.1Wealden’s Core Strategy Local Plan SP01 SP02 SP07
CD14.2Wealden LP 1998 Policies GD2 EN7 EN8 EN13 EN15 EN16 EN17 EN18 TR1
CD14.3Wealden Design Guide Chapters 5 and 7 Chapter 5 part 8.7
CD14.4Wealden Senior Heritage Officer to Head of Planning
CD14.5Biodiversity and Green Infrastructure
Ecology
CD14.6Aspect Ecological Appraisal
CD14.7Barbastelle Bat IUCN Red List
CD14.8Bechsteins Bat incl distribution
CD14.9European Eel anguilla-anguilla
CD14.10Land West of Five Ashdown
CD14.11Sussex Wildlife WD-2022-1637
CD14.12Vivienne Blandford Landscape Archaeologist 
Flooding & Drainage
CD14.13MRSG Flooding and Drainage
National Policies & Guidance
CD14.14MRSG National Policies and Guidelines pages 5 6 9
Relevant Decisions
CD14.15Appeal Decision Bird in Eye para 25 29 30 57
CD14.16Appeal Decision Mill House Farm para 12 13 19 21 22 27 66
CD14.17Appeal Decision Charlwood Manor para 5 7 13
CD14.18Appeal Decision Land 3322028 Adjacent Burfield para 8 9 11 13
Submissions
CD14.19Mockbeggar Appeal MRSG submitted 29th Nov 23
CD14.20Representations
CD14.21Biodiversity and Green Infrastructure
Statement of Case
CD14.22MRSG Statement of Case
CDDocument
CD15.1Appellants Statement of Case – October 2023
CD15.2

Appellant Hearing Statement – Planning

Appellant Hearing Statement – Planning (Appendices)

CD15.3

Appellant Hearing Statement – Landscape

Appellant Hearing Statement – Landscape (Appendices)

CD15.4

Appellant Hearing Statement – Ecology

Appellant Hearing Statement – Ecology (Appendices)

CD15.5Appellant Hearing Statement – Transport
CD15.6Appellants Rebuttal – Transport
CD15.7Appellants Rebuttal – Ecology
CD15.8Appellants Rebuttal – Heritage
CD15.9

Appellants Rebuttal – Flooding & Drainage

Appellants Rebuttal – Flooding & Drainage (Appendices)

Hearing Documents

HDDocument
Pre-Hearing DocumentCouncil CIL Justification Statement
HD1Appellants Opening Statement
HD2Heritage responses to Appellant’s Heritage Statement submitted by a hearing attendee
HD3

Statement and supporting documents submitted a hearing attendee: 

HD4Suggested Conditons with tracked changes
HD5Suggested Conditons