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Allowed12 April 20223281350

Land East of Turners Hill Road, Fellbridge, Crawley, RH10 4HH

Planning appeal 3281350 at Land East of Turners Hill Road, Fellbridge, Crawley, RH10 4HH (Mid Sussex District Council) was allowed on 12 April 2022 by Inspector Dawe A, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on the landscape character and appearance of the site and surrounding area.

the development of a 64 bed care home (Class C2) and associated infrastructure, including a new access road, car park and landscaped gardens

Authority
Mid Sussex District Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
community-institutional · Major dwellings
Inspector
Dawe A
Postcode
RH10 4HH

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the proposed development on the landscape character and appearance of the site and surrounding area
  • the effect of the proposed development in terms of the Council's spatial strategy with particular regard to sustainable travel, having regard to local and national policy
  • the nature and scale of the need for housing of the type proposed to meet the needs of older people

What decided it

The substantial weight given to the significant unmet need for registered care home accommodation (particularly ensuite provision) outweighed the limited landscape and sustainable travel harms and the resulting conflict with the development plan.

The benefits of the proposal, principally the substantial weight afforded to meeting a significant unmet need for registered care homes, outweighed the limited harm to landscape character and appearance and the limited shortcomings in sustainable travel, and the resulting conflict with the development plan.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy DP6Policy DP12Policy DP26Policy DP21Policy DP25Policy DP30Policy DP20Policy DP19Policy CDNP05Policy CDNP10Policy SA39
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 174Paragraph 105Paragraph 62Paragraph 93Paragraph 104Paragraph 57Paragraph 11

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