®Planning appeal decision
Land East Of Brook House, Pound Road, West Wittering, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 8AJ
Planning appeal 3247181 at Land East Of Brook House, Pound Road, West Wittering, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 8AJ (Chichester District Council) was dismissed on 15 June 2021 by Inspector Perrins R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect upon the character and appearance of the West Wittering Conservation Area.
the construction of new boat house with ground floor storage ancillary to first floor self-contained residential unit
- Authority
- Chichester District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Perrins R
- Postcode
- PO20 8AJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect upon the character and appearance of the West Wittering Conservation Area
- Whether the development would comply with planning policy which seeks to steer new development away from areas at the highest risk of flooding
What decided it
The failure to demonstrate a four-year immunity period for the change of use, combined with unacceptable harm to the conservation area's character and appearance and non-compliance with flood risk policy, rendered the appeal untenable.
The limited private benefits (enabling the appellant to remain in the area and providing a small-scale affordable unit) were outweighed by the less-than-substantial but nonetheless significant harm to the conservation area and the failure to comply with flood risk policy steering development away from high-risk areas
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 2Policy 5Policy 33Policy 42Policy 47
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 196Paragraph 155
- Judgments
- Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE (1982)
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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