®Planning appeal decision
Land East Of Broad Road, Broad Road, Nutbourne, West Sussex, PO18 8RG
the erection of up to 132 dwellings and provision of associated infrastructure
- Authority
- Chichester District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Downes T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the landscape and rural character of the area and the setting of the Chichester AONB
- The effect of the proposed development on ecology, including protected species, protected sites and wildlife corridors
- Whether there is satisfactory provision for the treatment of the sewage arising from the proposed developments
What decided it
The tilted balance under paragraph 11d) of the Framework was engaged due to the Council's housing land supply shortfall, and the substantial and very substantial benefits of market and affordable housing delivery were not significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the significant landscape harm identified.
the significant landscape and visual harm and conflict with out-of-date housing distribution policies were weighed against the substantial benefits of housing delivery, very substantial affordable housing benefits, and significant ecological, economic and open space benefits, with the balance tipping in favour of allowing both appeals under the tilted balance
Framework references: 11, 56, 57, 71, 174, 178
Plan policies cited: Policy 1, Policy 2, Policy 4, Policy 5, Policy 8, Policy 34, Policy 40, Policy 43, Policy 45, Policy 48, Policy 49, Policy 50, Policy 54, Policy LP1, Policy EM2, Policy EM3
Judgments cited: People Over Wind & Peter Sweetman v Coillte Teoranta Court of Justice of the European Union Case C-323/17
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.