®Planning appeal decision
Unit 2, Ten Acres, Cemetery Lane, Woodmancote, West Sussex, PO10 8RZ
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
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.
Framework references: 130, 62, 74
Plan policies cited: Policy 2, Policy 45, Policy 46, Policy 1, Policy 3, Policy 33, Policy 48, Policy 36, Policy OA1, Policy OA2, Policy LD1
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.