®Planning appeal decision
44 Northbrook Road, Worthing, BN14 8PW
Planning appeal 3274486 at 44 Northbrook Road, Worthing, BN14 8PW (Worthing Borough Council) was allowed on 25 February 2022 by Inspector Shearing C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the development proposed on the character and appearance of the area.
Two storey side extension to form a one bedroom dwelling with one parking space
- Authority
- Worthing Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Shearing C
- Postcode
- BN14 8PW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the development proposed on the character and appearance of the area
- whether the development proposed would provide an acceptable standard of living conditions for future occupiers, with particular reference to outdoor amenity space
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply triggered the tilted balance under paragraph 11 of the Framework, and the moderate benefit of contributing one additional home to the Borough's housing stock, combined with the absence of any identified adverse impacts, justified granting permission.
The benefit of contributing one additional home to the Borough's housing stock (moderate weight) and the provisions of paragraph 11 of the Framework outweighed the absence of any identified adverse impacts.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 16 of the Worthing Core Strategy 2011Policy 8 of the Worthing Core Strategy 2011Residential Development Supplementary Planning Document 2013
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 119
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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