®Planning appeal decision
20 Bernard Road, WORTHING, BN11 5EL
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
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.
Framework references: 11, 162
Plan policies cited: Policy 18 of the Worthing Local Plan 2003, Policy DM5 of the Draft Local Plan, Policy 15 of the Worthing Core Strategy 2011, Policy 16 of the Worthing Core Strategy 2011
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.