®Planning appeal decision
Land North of Toddington Lane, Hampton Park, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN17 7PP
outline planning application for the erection of up to 71 dwellings together with access (all other matters reserved)
- Authority
- Arun District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Nicholls H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal scheme would affect the approved development of Hampton Park
- the effects on the delivery of employment-related development
- the effects on nearby existing waste infrastructure
What decided it
The risk that implementing the scheme would jeopardise delivery of the wider Hampton Park Urban Extension's approved housing and employment uses outweighed the benefits of the proposed 71 dwellings.
the adverse impacts of granting permission (harm to delivery of the wider Hampton Park scheme's housing and employment elements) would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of up to 71 dwellings (including 30% affordable housing) and minor biodiversity net gain, notwithstanding the tilted balance being engaged
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy H SP1, Policy EMP SP3, Policy W2, Policy QE SP1
Judgments cited: Hillside Parks Ltd v Snowdonia National Park Authority [2022] UKSC 30; Pilkington v Secretary of State for the Environment [1973] 1 WLR 1527, quotation at p 1532B; Sage v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions [2003] UKHL 22; [2003] 1 WLR 983; F Lucas & Sons Ltd v Dorking and Horley RDC (1966) 17 P&CR 111; John Leslie Finney v Welsh Ministers & Carmarthenshire County Council, Energiekontor (Uk) Limited [2019] EWCA Civ 1868
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.