Planning appeal decision
Goose Cottage, Durbans Road, Wisborough Green, Billingshurst, RH14 0DG
Planning appeal 3302155 at Goose Cottage, Durbans Road, Wisborough Green, Billingshurst, RH14 0DG (Chichester District Council) was dismissed on 13 March 2023 by Inspector Reid J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development would be reasonably accessible for workers and visitors.
Conversion of outbuilding to Use Class E(g) with associated works to facilitate the proposed use
- Authority
- Chichester District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Reid J
- Postcode
- RH14 0DG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would be reasonably accessible for workers and visitors
- its effect on the living conditions of the occupiers of The Badgers and Roosters regarding noise and disturbance
What decided it
The proposed office use would not be reasonably accessible for workers and visitors and would generate unacceptable noise and disturbance to neighbouring residential occupiers, contrary to the development plan and Framework.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- LP Policy 1LP Policy 2LP Policy 8LP Policy 39LP Policy 45LP Policy 46Policy OA3 of the Wisborough Green Neighbourhood Plan 2014-2029
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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