A HOMEOWNER has won half her battle against planners.
Barbara Sewell appealed against a decision by Eastbourne Borough Council's planning committee to refuse planning permission for replacement windows and a door at a property in Eversfield Road.
The committee refused permission in June last year saying original windows should be retained.
But last month a government inspector ruled that replacement windows would not be allowed at the front of the property but a new door and windows could be installed at the rear.

A DEVELOPER has lost his appeal to build a house in the side garden of a house in Ravens Croft.
Planning permission to build the property was refused by Eastbourne Borough Council planners in September last year and the developer took an appeal to a government inspector.
But inspector Joanna Reid last month dismissed the appeal and said the proposed dwelling would harm the character and appearance of the surrounding area and would not preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Meads Conservation Area.

A GOVERNMENT planning inspector has allowed an appeal to build a home in Gaudick Road.
Eastbourne Borough Council's planning committee had refused permission for the detached house in July last year but the planning inspector last month allowed the appeal saying it would preserve the character of the Meads Conservation Area.

A SCHOOL has been allowed to keep a controversial shelter for growing plants.
Cavendish School in Eldon Road originally put up a polytunnel for growing plants in connection with an NVQ course it runs for students and then applied for retrospective planning permission from Eastbourne Borough Council's planning committee.
Town planners gave permission but attached a condition a screen should be put in place because of the effect it would have on neighbours in Cobbold Avenue.
But the school appealed to the planning inspector to relax the condition and planning inspector Joanne Reid recently agreed to delete it.
She said, "The erection of the polytunnel for growing plants in connection with the NVQ course does not harm the living conditions of the occupiers in Cobbold Avenue with regard to loss of privacy and general disturbance and I consider the condition is not necessary."