Hastings Borough Council will have to pay a housing developer £40,000 as a result of an overturned planning decision, councillors have heard.
As previously reported by the LDRS, a planning inspector approved plans last month to build 67 houses on land between Harrow Lane and The Ridge, after overturning a council refusal of the scheme.
The application had been before the council’s planning committee at a meeting in April last year, during which councillors refused permission against officer advice.
The results of the appeal were discussed at a meeting of the council’s planning committee on Wednesday (November 23), with planning services manager Eleanor Evans revealing that the council had been ordered to pay £40,000 to developer Park Lane Homes.
This was because the inspector said the council had acted ‘unreasonably’ in reaching its reasons for refusal, as they had not formed part of the discussion until councillors — unhappy that the proposed number of homes exceeded the amount set out in a previous outline application — had already suggested turning down the scheme.
For further information on the development see application reference HS/FA/20/00970 on the Hastings Borough Council website.
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