Land at Former 5 Brighton Road, Shoreham by Sea, BN43 6RN

Planning appeal 3312889 at Land at Former 5 Brighton Road, Shoreham by Sea, BN43 6RN (Adur District Council) was dismissed on 8 December 2023 by Inspector Holden S, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The main issue in both appeals is their effect on the setting of the Kingston Buci lighthouse, a Grade II listed building, and whether any harm identified would be outweighed by the public benefits of the proposal.

a mixed-use re-development comprised of townhouses, mixed-use apartment block, riverside walk, landscaping, and parking

Authority: Adur District Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Holden S
Postcode: BN43 6RN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The main issue in both appeals is their effect on the setting of the Kingston Buci lighthouse, a Grade II listed building, and whether any harm identified would be outweighed by the public benefits of the proposal.

What decided it

Whether the public benefits of each scheme, particularly the certainty and scale of on-site affordable housing provision, outweighed the less-than-substantial harm to the setting of the Kingston Buci lighthouse.

In Appeal A the totality of public benefits did not outweigh the permanent less-than-substantial harm to the lighthouse's setting, whereas in Appeal B the same category of harm, reduced in degree by design changes, was outweighed by the public benefits including on-site affordable housing.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy 2Policy 3Policy 8Policy CA7Policy 15Policy 16Policy 17Policy 18Policy 19Policy 21
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11Paragraph 56Paragraph 57Paragraph 202

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