®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent to 15 The Shire, Long Copse Lane, Westbourne , PO10 8FT
the erection of 7 no. dwellings, access, landscaping and associated works
- Authority
- Chichester District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Redford R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development is appropriate to a countryside location
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- The effect of the proposed development on protected species
- The effect of the proposed development on the Solent Maritime Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
What decided it
The significant harm to character and appearance and the inadequate mitigation for protected species, combined with the absence of an essential local need, substantially outweighed the modest housing benefits in circumstances where the Council's housing supply deficit was only marginal.
The modest benefits of 7 dwellings and associated economic and social effects were substantially outweighed by the wide-ranging and long-lasting harm to location, character and appearance of the area and to protected species, such that the adverse impacts demonstrably outweighed the benefits when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
Framework references: 11, 78, 79, 130, 180, 182
Plan policies cited: Local Plan Policy 1, Local Plan Policy 2, Local Plan Policy 5, Local Plan Policy 33, Local Plan Policy 45, Local Plan Policy 48, Local Plan Policy 49, Local Plan Policy 50, Neighbourhood Plan Policy OA1, Neighbourhood Plan Policy SS2, Neighbourhood Plan Policy LD1, Neighbourhood Plan Policy BD2
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.