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Allowed21 April 20233300830

Blanches Farm Bungalow, Littleworth Lane, Partridge Green, Horsham, RH13 8JF

Planning appeal 3300830 at Blanches Farm Bungalow, Littleworth Lane, Partridge Green, Horsham, RH13 8JF (Horsham District Council) was allowed on 21 April 2023 by Inspector Douglas L, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the Condition is necessary, relevant to the development, and reasonable in all other respects, with regard to local and national planning policies for development in the countryside.

a bungalow and garage with vehicular and pedestrian access without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref WG/18/71, dated 24 August 1971

Authority
Horsham District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Douglas L
Postcode
RH13 8JF

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the Condition is necessary, relevant to the development, and reasonable in all other respects, with regard to local and national planning policies for development in the countryside
  • the personal circumstances of the appellant

What decided it

The Inspector's finding that the appellant had not demonstrated an absence of need for an agricultural/forestry worker's dwelling at the site, so the occupancy condition remained justified.

The interference with the appellant's Article 8 rights caused by retaining the Condition was found to be proportionate and necessary in the public interest of protecting the district's agricultural/forestry workers' housing stock, outweighing the appellant's personal circumstances.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 2Policy 3Policy 4Policy 26Policy 29
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 56Paragraph 80
Judgments
Shortt v SSCLG & Tewkesbury BC [2014] EWHC 2480 (Admin)

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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