Planning appeal decision
Frithknowle Farm Picts Lane, Cowfold, Horsham, RH13 8AN
Planning appeal 3298298 at Frithknowle Farm Picts Lane, Cowfold, Horsham, RH13 8AN (Horsham District Council) was dismissed on 29 March 2023 by Inspector Smith J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the application for prior approval was validly made, with regard to the contents of the plans submitted with it.
Converting two agricultural buildings to three small residential dwellings. The buildings are no longer suitable for agriculture but lend themselves to residential use
- Authority
- Horsham District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Smith J
- Postcode
- RH13 8AN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the application for prior approval was validly made, with regard to the contents of the plans submitted with it
What decided it
The application for prior approval did not comply with the mandatory information requirements of Paragraph W(2)(bc) of the GPDO, as no proposed floor plan was submitted with the original application, rendering it invalid and incapable of being determined.
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