Redgates, Burnthouse Lane, Lower Beeding, RH13 6NN

change of use of an area of ground to allow the sitting of a permanent caravan for the Brazil family

Authority: Horsham District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector: Thomas N

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effects of the development on the integrity of the Arun Valley Special Area of Conservation (SAC), Special Protection Area (SPA) and Ramsar Site (European Protected Sites)
Whether the site is a suitable location for the development, having regard to accessibility to local services and facilities and the availability of safe and sustainable pedestrian travel options

What decided it

The failure to demonstrate water neutrality and the inability to exclude adverse effects on the integrity of the Arun Valley European Protected Sites, combined with the absence of alternative solutions or imperative reasons of overriding public interest, outweighed the significant material considerations of unmet gypsy and traveller site need and the family's personal circumstances.

Framework references: 11, 105

Plan policies cited: Policy 31, Policy 26, Policy 40, Policy 23

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