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Quashed On Legal Grounds16 January 20243311612

Thornham Marina, Thornham Lane, Southbourne, West Sussex, PO10 8DD

Planning appeal 3311612 at Thornham Marina, Thornham Lane, Southbourne, West Sussex, PO10 8DD (Chichester District Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 16 January 2024 by Inspector Hocking P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the units constitute buildings for planning purposes.

Without planning permission, the construction of two floating pod-style dwelling houses

Authority
Chichester District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Householder developments
Inspector
Hocking P

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the units constitute buildings for planning purposes

What decided it

The units were designed as boats, certified as boats, used for navigation, and lack the permanent physical attachment characteristic of buildings, such that on balance they do not constitute buildings for planning purposes.

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