®Planning appeal decision
Old Army Camp, Cemetery Lane, Westbourne, West Sussex, PO10 8RR
Planning appeal 3203215 at Old Army Camp, Cemetery Lane, Westbourne, West Sussex, PO10 8RR (Chichester District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 27 January 2023 by Inspector Braithwaite J, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the principle of development at the Old Army Camp.
Enforcement appeals concerning alleged unauthorised changes of use of land at Old Army Camp: (A) storage of portable site office cabins, container cabins, portable toilet blocks and commercial vehicles; (B) use as a civil engineering contractor's yard; and (C) storage of metal skips, building materials, scaffolding equipment and vehicles, and use of a building for vehicle repair and servicing
- Authority
- Chichester District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Braithwaite J
- Postcode
- PO10 8RR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the principle of development at the Old Army Camp
- the effect of the development on the character of the area and on the character of Westbourne Cemetery
- the effect of the development on residential amenity
- the effect of the development on highway safety
- whether any harm caused and any conflict with the development plan is outweighed by material considerations
What decided it
The substantial weight given to the in-principle conflict with countryside policy and the associated harm to rural/heritage character (and, in Appeals B and C, to residential amenity) outweighed the only limited weight afforded to re-use of previously developed land.
in each appeal the substantial weight given to the in-principle conflict with countryside policy and the harm to character/amenity outweighed the limited weight afforded to the benefit of re-using previously developed land, so the balance favoured dismissal
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- CLP policy 2CLP policy 45CLP policy 46CLP policy 48WNP policy OA1WNP policy LD2WNP policy LGS1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 84Paragraph 85
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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