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Notice varied and upheld27 March 20243290675

Stonehouse Farm Handcross Road, Plummers Plain, Horsham, RH13 6NZ

Planning appeal 3290675 at Stonehouse Farm Handcross Road, Plummers Plain, Horsham, RH13 6NZ (Horsham District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 27 March 2024 by Inspector King T, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether there is a recognised functional need for the mobile home.

Retrospective application for Replacement Agricultural Building’. Formal

Authority
Horsham District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Hearing
Development
agricultural · Change of use
Inspector
King T
Postcode
RH13 6NZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether there is a recognised functional need for the mobile home
  • whether the location of the mobile home would accord with the Council's spatial policy
  • the development's effect upon the integrity of the internationally designated Arun Valley Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area and Ramsar sites by way of water abstraction
  • Whether there is an essential need for the replacement agricultural building in association with the agricultural operations of the farm
  • the effect on the character and appearance of the surrounding area by way of the size of the new building
  • The development's effect upon the integrity of the internationally designated Arun Valley Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area and Ramsar sites by way of water abstraction

What decided it

The appellants' failure to demonstrate water neutrality in line with Natural England's advice, given the unmitigated risk to the Arun Valley SPA/SAC/Ramsar sites, determined the dismissal of both Appeal A and Appeal C.

in both Appeal A and Appeal C the unresolved water neutrality issue overrode the other findings (including the accepted agricultural benefits of the replacement building in Appeal C) and tipped the balance against granting planning permission

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 20Policy 31Policy 1Policy 2Policy 4Policy 26Policy 10Policy 25Policy 32Policy 33
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 84Paragraph 180

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