®Planning appeal decision
Land South of Mayfield Nursery, West Chiltington Lane, BILLINGSHURST, West Sussex, RH14 9EA
two new dwellings designed as two storey 3 to 4 bedroom residential homes
- Authority
- Horsham District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Buchanan R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would provide a suitable location for housing having regard to its location and the Council's spatial strategy
What decided it
The site is not a suitable location for housing as it is fundamentally at odds with the Council's spatial strategy and would not promote sustainable transport or limit the need to travel, and these significant harms outweigh the modest benefits of housing delivery despite the housing land supply shortfall.
The modest social, economic and environmental benefits of two dwellings and housing delivery were outweighed by the significant harm from locating development contrary to the spatial strategy and failing to promote sustainable transport, despite the Council's inability to demonstrate a 5-year housing land supply.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: HDPF Policy 2, HDPF Policy 3, HDPF Policy 4, HDPF Policy 16, HDPF Policy 26
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.