Appealing a Wealden refusal
Most householder refusals in Wealden — Crowborough, Uckfield, Hailsham and Heathfield and the surrounding area — turn on a handful of issues: design and character, neighbour amenity, and impact on constraints like High Weald National Landscape (AONB). An appeal succeeds when it takes each reason for refusal in turn and rebuts it on the policy, with specifics. Buildwise reads the decision notice, identifies the policies the council relied on, and builds the grounds of appeal around them.
Grounded in Wealden's own policies
Buildwise cites the same Wealden policies the officer used — for example EN27 (Layout and Design of development), HG10 (Extensions to dwellings in development boundaries), DC19 (Extensions to dwellings (countryside)) — and shows how the proposal complies, rather than restating the application. Everything is quoted from the adopted plan and verified, never invented, so the Inspector sees a policy-anchored case.
- Wealden District Core Strategy Local Plan (2013)
- Wealden Local Plan 1998 (Saved Policies)
How it works
Buildwise reads Wealden's reasons for refusal and the policies cited.
A short, site-specific questionnaire.
A structured statement rebutting each refusal reason — download, edit, or submit.
Example (excerpt)
"The reason for refusal cites Policy EN27 (Layout and Design of development). The proposal in fact accords with EN27: the subordinate form and matching materials respond to the host dwelling and street scene, and the amenity concern is answered by the separation distances set out below, engaging Policy HG10…"
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Householder and minor-development refusals are appealed to the Planning Inspectorate, usually within 12 weeks (householder) of the decision. Buildwise drafts the grounds of appeal, cited to Wealden's policies and the NPPF.
The same policies the officer relied on in the refusal — typically EN27 (Layout and Design of development), HG10 (Extensions to dwellings in development boundaries), DC19 (Extensions to dwellings (countryside)) from the Wealden District Core Strategy Local Plan (2013) and Wealden Local Plan 1998 (Saved Policies) — plus the NPPF.
Minutes. Upload the decision notice, confirm the scheme, and Buildwise builds a structured grounds-of-appeal statement rebutting each reason for refusal.
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