®Planning appeal decision
Barns to the south of Adams Gardens, Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9RF
change of use, conversion and extension of existing barn store to provide a three-bedroom dwelling and alterations to existing stable store building with associated landscaping
- Authority
- Horsham District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Pannell G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for the proposed development with reference to the spatial strategy in the development plan
- whether the appeal site is an appropriate location having regard to access to services and facilities
What decided it
The proposal's conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy and the recently-made Neighbourhood Plan, reinforced by the site's poor accessibility to services and facilities, was not outweighed by the identified benefits.
The cumulative benefits of the scheme (reuse of previously developed land, sustainable/zero-carbon design, economic and modest social benefits) were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the conflict with the development plan and neighbourhood plan and the moderate negative environmental and social effects of the location.
Framework references: 11, 14, 79, 80, 84, 152
Plan policies cited: Policy 1 of the HDPF, Policy 2 of the HDPF, Policy 3 of the HDPF, Policy 4 of the HDPF, Policy 10 of the HDPF, Policy 26 of the HDPF, Policy 1 of the HNP
Judgments cited: Braintree ([2018] EWCA Civ. 610); Bramshill ([2021] EWCA Civ 320)
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.