®Planning appeal decision
Orchard Farm Drift Lane, Bosham, CHICHESTER, PO18 8PP
outline application (with all matter reserved except access) for the demolition of caravan repair building, cessation of use of land for caravan storage and removal of hardstanding and erection of 1no 4bed, 3no 3 bed, 4no 2bed and 1no 1 bed bungalows
- Authority
- Chichester District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wilkinson H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the appeal proposal on the provision of employment sites
- the effect of the appeal proposal on the Chichester and Langstone Special Protection Area (SPA) and the Solent Maritime Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, combined with the delivery of nine new homes including affordable housing on a previously developed windfall site, outweighed the modest loss of an unallocated employment use where mitigation for European designated sites was secured.
The modest adverse impact of the loss of an unallocated employment site did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the notable benefits of delivering nine new homes (including affordable housing) on a windfall site, with appropriate mitigation for European designated sites secured through legal agreement, when assessed against the Framework policies taken as a whole under the tilted balance.
Framework references: 11, 219
Plan policies cited: Policy 26, Policy 50, Policy 34, Policy LP1, Policy NE4
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.