®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent Pucks Croft Cottage, Horsham Road, Rusper, West Sussex, RH12 4PR
Planning appeal 3280084 at Land Adjacent Pucks Croft Cottage, Horsham Road, Rusper, West Sussex, RH12 4PR (Horsham District Council) was dismissed on 21 July 2022 by Inspector Bowyer J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether or not the proposed development would provide a suitable location for housing having regard to its position within the countryside and the spatial strategy for the District.
‘outline planning application with all matters reserved except for access in relation to the provision of 7no. houses with car parking, landscaping and associated access at land adjacent to Pucks Croft Cottage, Rusper, Horsham’
- Authority
- Horsham District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Bowyer J
- Postcode
- RH12 4PR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the proposed development would provide a suitable location for housing having regard to its position within the countryside and the spatial strategy for the District
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the proposal on the integrity of the Arun Valley SPA, SAC and Ramsar Site, with particular regard to the abstraction of water within the SNWSZ
- the effect of the proposal on highway safety
What decided it
The proposal would adversely affect the integrity of the Arun Valley SPA, SAC and Ramsar Site through water abstraction without demonstrated water neutrality, which is a matter of overriding concern that significantly outweighs the modest benefits of housing delivery.
The adverse effect on designated nature conservation sites and conflict with the Regulations, taken together with modest harm to character and appearance and conflict with the spatial strategy, significantly outweighed the modest benefits of 7 dwellings and social and economic benefits, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply and the proposal conflicted with the development plan as a whole.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 2 HDPFPolicy 3 HDPFPolicy 4 HDPFPolicy 25 HDPFPolicy 26 HDPFPolicy 31 HDPFPolicy 32 HDPFPolicy 33 HDPFPolicy 40 HDPF
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 182
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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