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Allowed5 April 20233309365

Land West of Yapton Lane, Walberton

Planning appeal 3309365 at Land West of Yapton Lane, Walberton (Arun District Council) was allowed on 5 April 2023 by Inspector Mageean A, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the intrinsic character and beauty of the countryside, and on the Barnham to Walberton settlement Gap.

outline planning application with all matters reserved, other than means of access, for the construction of up to 48 dwellings (30% affordable homes) and dental/doctors' surgery (Use Class E (e))

Authority
Arun District Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Mageean A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposal on the intrinsic character and beauty of the countryside, and on the Barnham to Walberton settlement Gap
  • The implications of the loss of Grade 1 agricultural land
  • Accepting that the Council is unable to demonstrate a five year supply of housing land, the significance of the shortfall
  • The consistency or otherwise of the proposal with the development plan taken as a whole, and whether any conflict and harm arising would be outweighed by other material considerations

What decided it

The acute and persistent shortfall in the Council's five-year housing land supply, engaging the paragraph 11(d) tilted balance, meant the substantial benefits of housing delivery outweighed the moderate and modest harms identified.

The substantial weight attached to market and affordable housing delivery, together with moderate and modest weight for other social, economic and environmental benefits, outweighed the moderate weight given to conflicts with countryside, settlement gap, agricultural land and design policies and the low-level less-than-substantial heritage harm, such that adverse effects did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy C SP1NP Policy HP1Policy D SP1Policy D DM1Policy SD SP3Policy SO DM1Policy AH SP2Policy INF SP1Policy H DM1NP Policy HP6Policy ECC SP2Policy QE DM3Policy M9 (West Sussex Joint Minerals Local Plan)NP Policy VE13
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 14Paragraph 57Paragraph 130Paragraph 174Paragraph 200Paragraph 202Paragraph 219

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