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Dismissed4 January 20223255114

Unit 2, Ten Acres, Cemetery Lane, Woodmancote, West Sussex, PO10 8RZ

Planning appeal 3255114 at Unit 2, Ten Acres, Cemetery Lane, Woodmancote, West Sussex, PO10 8RZ (Chichester District Council) was dismissed on 4 January 2022 by Inspector Edwards S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site constitutes a suitable location for the development, having regard to local and national planning policies.

change of use of site for B8 storage of privately owned and commercial vehicles, with ancillary offices and stores (retrospective)

Authority
Chichester District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector
Edwards S
Postcode
PO10 8RZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the appeal site constitutes a suitable location for the development, having regard to local and national planning policies
  • The effect of the development on the rural character and appearance of the surrounding countryside, and the living conditions of neighbouring residents, with particular regard to outlook
  • The effect of the development on the provision of Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpersons' plots

What decided it

The appeal site does not constitute a suitable location for B8 storage use as it fails to meet the cumulative requirements of local plan policy for countryside development, and the scheme causes unacceptable harm to rural character, appearance and neighbouring amenity.

The benefits associated with the development, including the use of previously developed land, were outweighed by the harm to rural character, appearance, neighbouring living conditions and loss of an approved Travelling Showperson plot, with no exceptional circumstances to justify consent.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 2Policy 45Policy 46Policy 1Policy 3Policy 33Policy 48Policy 36Policy OA1Policy OA2Policy LD1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 130Paragraph 62Paragraph 74

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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