®Planning appeal decision
Lancasters Cottage, Littleworth Lane, Partridge Green, HORSHAM, RH13 8EJ
removal of garage and garden buildings. Construction of detached dwelling
- Authority
- Horsham District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Osgathorp C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site would be an appropriate location for new housing development having regard to local and national planning policy.
What decided it
The location of the proposed dwelling as an isolated home in the countryside, remote from settlements and services, with future occupiers heavily reliant on private car use, conflicts with the development plan's spatial strategy and paragraphs 79-80 of the Framework, and the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweigh the limited housing benefits.
The benefits of housing delivery and use of previously developed land were outweighed by the significant harm arising from the location's conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy and the Framework's approach to rural housing, which seeks to protect rural character and promote sustainable transport.
Framework references: 11, 15, 60, 69, 78, 79, 80
Plan policies cited: Policy 1 HDPF, Policy 2 HDPF, Policy 3 HDPF, Policy 4 HDPF, Policy 26 HDPF
Judgments cited: City & Country Bramshill Limited v SSHCLG [2021] EWCA Civ 320; Braintree DC v SSCLG, Greyread Ltd & Granville Developments Ltd [2017] EWHC 2743 (Admin); [2018] EWCA Civ 610
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