®Planning appeal decision
Barns to the South of Adams Gardens, Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9RF
Planning appeal 3279901 at Barns to the South of Adams Gardens, Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9RF (Horsham District Council) was dismissed on 20 June 2022 by Inspector Pannell G, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for the proposed development with reference to the spatial strategy in the development plan.
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
- Postcode
- BN5 9RF
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 1 of the HDPFPolicy 2 of the HDPFPolicy 3 of the HDPFPolicy 4 of the HDPFPolicy 10 of the HDPFPolicy 26 of the HDPFPolicy 1 of the HNP
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 14Paragraph 79Paragraph 80Paragraph 84Paragraph 152
- Judgments
- Braintree ([2018] EWCA Civ. 610); Bramshill ([2021] EWCA Civ 320)
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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