®Planning appeal decision
Land East of Priors Orchard, Inlands Road, Southbourne, Chichester, West Sussex, PO10 8JZ
Planning appeal 3296444 at Land East of Priors Orchard, Inlands Road, Southbourne, Chichester, West Sussex, PO10 8JZ (Chichester District Council) was allowed on 7 December 2022 by Inspector Clegg R, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the provision of gypsy and traveller accommodation in Chichester.
the construction of nine dwellings
- Authority
- Chichester District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Clegg R
- Postcode
- PO10 8JZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the provision of gypsy and traveller accommodation in Chichester.
- Whether there is a five years supply of housing land in Chichester (outside the National Park).
- The effect of the proposed development on sites of nature conservation importance.
What decided it
The absence of a five-year housing land supply engaged the tilted balance, and with no adverse impacts identified—including no harm from loss of the inaccessible gypsy site and no adverse effect on the protected nature conservation sites once mitigated—the benefit of additional housing outweighed any residual policy conflict.
With no adverse impacts identified against the benefit of nine additional dwellings, the tilted balance under paragraph 11(d)(ii) of the NPPF tipped decisively in favour of granting permission, consistent with the development plan considered as a whole.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 36Policy 2Policy 50Policy 39Policy 42
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 71Paragraph 74Paragraph 180
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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