®Planning appeal decision
Garrards Cowfold Road, West Grinstead, Horsham, RH13 8LY
Planning appeal 3273486 at Garrards Cowfold Road, West Grinstead, Horsham, RH13 8LY (Horsham District Council) was dismissed on 16 February 2022 by Inspector Shearing C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is in a suitable location for housing with particular regard to the settlement pattern and accessibility.
Conversion and alterations to stable barn to create 3 x bedroom dwelling
- Authority
- Horsham District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Shearing C
- Postcode
- RH13 8LY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is in a suitable location for housing with particular regard to the settlement pattern and accessibility
- Whether the development would provide an acceptable standard of living conditions for future occupants, with particular regard to noise disturbance, outlook and odour
What decided it
The significant harm arising from the proposal's unsustainable location and poor accessibility by means other than private car, which significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits of one additional housing unit and reuse of previously developed land when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
The adverse impacts of granting planning permission (substantial harm from unsustainable location and poor accessibility) significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits (moderate weight to housing contribution and limited weight to reuse of previously developed land) when assessed against the Framework as a whole, tipping decisively against permission.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 2 HDPFPolicy 3 HDPFPolicy 4 HDPFPolicy 26 HDPFPolicy 33 HDPF
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 79Paragraph 80Paragraph 119Paragraph 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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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