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Notice varied and upheld24 November 20213262473

Land at Pear Tree Farm, Furners Lane, Woodmancote, Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9HX

Planning appeal 3262473 at Land at Pear Tree Farm, Furners Lane, Woodmancote, Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9HX (Horsham District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 24 November 2021 by Inspector Dignan P, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Appeal A ground (a): whether the development is an appropriate form of development in the location and the effect on the character and appearance of the area.

Without planning permission the excavation of the land and consolidation of imported material to form a hardstanding and creation of an earth bund

Authority
Horsham District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector
Dignan P
Postcode
BN5 9HX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Appeal A ground (a): whether the development is an appropriate form of development in the location and the effect on the character and appearance of the area
  • Appeal C ground (a): whether the development is an appropriate form of development in the location and the effect on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

For Appeals A and C, the harm to rural character and conflict with countryside protection policies (and, for Appeal C, the development plan as a whole) outweighed the limited benefits, while Appeal B's notice was quashed because the planning unit had been misidentified.

in Appeal C the very limited housing contribution from the caravans was significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the harm from the inappropriate countryside location and effect on character and appearance, tipping the balance against the development

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
HDPF Policy 3HDPF Policy 19HDPF Policy 22HDPF Policy 25HDPF Policy 26HNP Policy 1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 14
Judgments
Burdle v Secretary of State for the Environment [1972] 1 WLR 1207

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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