Pensioner couple's dream home rejected for overcrowding countryside despite 350 migrants moving into Crowborough camp just next door

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Pensioner couple's dream home rejected for overcrowding countryside despite 350 migrants moving into Crowborough camp just next door.

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A retired couple's dream home was rejected due to overcrowding in the countryside, despite migrants moving into a camp just next door.Phillip and Christine Straker, from Crowborough in East Sussex, have seen their aspirations for a new family home blocked by local planning authorities.The grandparents had proposed demolishing an existing stable and wood store on their property to construct a four-bedroom eco-friendly dwelling.However, Wealden District Council turned down the application.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say They determined that the development would damage the natural beauty of the surrounding landscape and alter its character.Officials argued that the increased residential use of the site would negatively impact the nearby Ashdown Forest, which holds Special Protection Area status for its countryside.Just two fields away from the Strakers' land, the Home Office has accommodated hundreds of asylum seekers at Crowborough Training Camp, bypassing standard planning...

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