Care home plan rejected
The proposed development would have meant three buildings on the site being demolished to make way for a single new building, with just Meads Lodge, a chalet-style house, being kept for staff accommodation.
Councillors heard there had been 17 objections from individual homeowners and a petition against the scheme from occupants of Laurel Bank, Hastings Road, and the Highways Authority had urged refusal in the absence of a traffic assessment.
They backed their own officers’ recommendation for refusal, noting that several elements were contrary to the Rother District Local Plan.