West Ashling Road,, Hambrook, CHICHESTER, PO18 8UB

the relocation of two existing travelling showpeople plots (including the provision of an area of hardstanding for the storage and maintenance of equipment and machinery) and six new pitches for Gypsies and Travellers including retention of hardstanding

Authority: Chichester District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: caravan-gypsy · Other minor developments
Inspector: Fort G

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the appeal development would respect the scale of and not dominate the nearest settled community

What decided it

The availability of a legally enforceable and specific nutrient mitigation scheme (Droke Lane Scheme) secured by condition, combined with a planning obligation for recreational mitigation, made the development acceptable despite potential adverse effects on European Sites, and the modest expansion of an existing authorised site would not dominate the nearest settled community.

Framework references: 11, 56, 105, 110, 111, 174

Plan policies cited: Policy 36, Policy 39, Policy 49, Policy 50

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