®Planning appeal decision
Thornham Products, Thornham Lane, Emsworth, PO10 8DD
Planning appeal 3273949 at Thornham Products, Thornham Lane, Emsworth, PO10 8DD (Chichester District Council) was dismissed on 9 June 2022 by Inspector Edwards S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site constitutes a suitable location for the development, particularly in relation to access to services and facilities.
Retention of existing single mobile home on the land and to continue to use it for the applicant’s place of residence, following expiry of temporary period granted under condition 2 of SB/15/01837/FUL which ended on 2 June 2019”
- Authority
- Chichester District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
- Inspector
- Edwards S
- Postcode
- PO10 8DD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site constitutes a suitable location for the development, particularly in relation to access to services and facilities
- Whether the mobile home is suitably located, having regard to national and local planning policies which seek to steer development away from areas with the highest risk of flooding
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area, having particular regard to the Chichester Harbour Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
What decided it
The development fails on three independent grounds—unsustainable location, high flood risk in Flood Zone 3 without a Sequential Test, and significant harm to the character and appearance of the Chichester Harbour AONB—and the tilted balance under paragraph 11 of the Framework does not apply because these policies protect areas of particular importance.
The personal circumstances of the appellants, including their unsuccessful attempts to find alternative accommodation, were outweighed by the harms identified in relation to sustainability, flood risk and landscape character, and the tilted balance under paragraph 11 of the Framework did not apply
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 2Policy 45Policy 46Policy 1Policy 8Policy 42Policy 43
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 155Paragraph 156Paragraph 157Paragraph 158Paragraph 159Paragraph 160Paragraph 161Paragraph 162Paragraph 163Paragraph 164Paragraph 165Paragraph 176
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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