®Planning appeal decision
Land at Flat Fam, Broad Road, Hambrook, West Sussex, PO18 8SH
Planning appeal 3259646 at Land at Flat Fam, Broad Road, Hambrook, West Sussex, PO18 8SH (Chichester District Council) was dismissed on 14 January 2022 by Inspector Holden S, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would constitute an 'entry level exception site', having regard to local and national planning policy for the delivery of affordable housing.
construction of 42 no. affordable residential dwellings for first time buyers
- Authority
- Chichester District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Holden S
- Postcode
- PO18 8FT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would constitute an 'entry level exception site', having regard to local and national planning policy for the delivery of affordable housing
- Whether the proposal would deliver a mixed and sustainable community having regard to the proximity of the DMS housing to the electricity pylons
- Whether the proposal would achieve nutrient neutrality throughout the lifetime of the development
What decided it
The Unilateral Undertaking failed to secure adequate and enforceable mitigation land to achieve nutrient neutrality, leaving the Inspector unable to rule out adverse effects on the integrity of the protected Habitats sites.
The benefits of delivering affordable housing as an entry-level exception site outweighed the conflict with the development plan's settlement boundary policies, but this benefit was overridden because unresolved harm to the integrity of the Habitats sites through inadequate nutrient neutrality mitigation provided a clear reason for dismissal regardless of the planning balance.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 45Policy 2Policy 5
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 71Paragraph 72Paragraph 62Paragraph 130Paragraph 11
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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