Planning appeal decision
Land at Bolney Grange Industrial Park, Bolney, West Sussex, RH17 5PA
Planning appeal 3266701 at Land at Bolney Grange Industrial Park, Bolney, West Sussex, RH17 5PA (Mid Sussex District Council) was allowed on 21 June 2021 by Inspector Jolly J, by written representations.
Expansion of Bolney Grange Business Park to provide 5 additional B-class commercial units
- Authority
- Mid Sussex District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Jolly J
- Postcode
- RH17 5PA
What decided it
The Council failed to apply paragraph 54 of the Framework with sufficient rigour in scrutinising the necessity of the planning obligation, despite evidence from the highways authority that harm to the highway network would not be severe.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 20Policy 21
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 54
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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