®Planning appeal decision
Pemberley, Copsale Road, Maplehurst, RH13 6QY
conversion of existing barn to a two-bedroom carbon neutral live/work dwelling with landscaping
- Authority
- Horsham District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Parker R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is a suitable location for housing, having regard to its accessibility to services and facilities
- the effect of the proposed development on the integrity of the Arun Valley Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area and Ramsar site
What decided it
The adverse impacts of the unsustainable location and car dependency, including long-term carbon emissions from future occupiers, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest benefits of housing delivery and carbon neutrality when assessed against the Framework as a whole under the tilted balance.
the modest benefits of housing delivery, carbon neutrality, landscape and biodiversity gains, and rural community support were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the adverse impacts of the unsustainable location and car dependency, resulting in dismissal
Framework references: 11, 48, 80, 180
Plan policies cited: Policy 2 HDPF, Policy 3 HDPF, Policy 4 HDPF, Policy 26 HDPF, Policy 31 HDPF, Policy 10 HDPF, Policy 1 NPNP
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.