®Planning appeal decision
20 Bernard Road, Worthing, BN11 5EL
Planning appeal 3289580 at 20 Bernard Road, Worthing, BN11 5EL (Worthing Borough Council) was dismissed on 11 August 2022 by Inspector Davies G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on the living conditions of neighbouring occupants, with regard to dominance and overlooking.
a detached 3-bedroom dwelling with associated parking, bin and cycle store
- Authority
- Worthing Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Davies G
- Postcode
- BN11 5EL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on the living conditions of neighbouring occupants, with regard to dominance and overlooking
- Flood risk
- The living conditions of future occupants, with regard to outlook and garden space
- The character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The development fails the sequential test for flood risk because reasonably available alternative sites at lower risk of flooding exist within Worthing, and this provides a clear reason for refusal under paragraph 11 of the Framework.
The significant benefit of providing a new dwelling, given Worthing's very poor housing land supply and delivery position, was outweighed by the harm to neighbouring living conditions and the failure to satisfy the sequential test for flood risk.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 18 of the Worthing Local Plan 2003Policy DM5 of the Draft Local PlanPolicy 15 of the Worthing Core Strategy 2011Policy 16 of the Worthing Core Strategy 2011
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 162
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision
More decisions in Worthing
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2022
- Dismissed1 October 20266012522Units 1-2, 3 Meadow Road Industrial Estate, Worthing, BN11 2RU
- Dismissed14 September 202660105184 Offington Court, Worthing, BN14 9PF
- Dismissed4 September 20266007549Dolphin Court, Worthing, BN11 4DD
- Dismissed7 August 2026600924094 Marine Crescent, Worthing, BN12 4JH
- Dismissed30 July 2026601078624 Cissbury Gardens, Offington, Worthing, BN14 0DX
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.