Burwash housing development proposal rejected

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A scheme to build more than 40 new homes in a village were thrown out by Rother District Council.

Developers applied to the authority to build 42 houses on land north west of Shrub Lane in Burwash.

The proposal was recommended for approval by the council’s planning officers but councillors sitting on the authority’s planning committee refused permission at their meeting last Thursday (October 12).

A petition opposing the plans was made by Robert Banks, representing Burwash: Save our Fields from Concrete (BSoFCC). More than 450 people also objected to the scheme.

Those unhappy with the proposals feared the development would harm the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) where the site is located.

Objectors added additional housing was not needed as 30 new homes had already been granted elsewhere at Strand Meadow.