®Planning appeal decision
Orchard Farm Drift Lane, Bosham, Chichester, PO18 8PP
Planning appeal 3316616 at Orchard Farm Drift Lane, Bosham, Chichester, PO18 8PP (Chichester District Council) was allowed on 20 November 2023 by Inspector Wilkinson H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the appeal proposal on the provision of employment sites.
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
- Postcode
- PO18 8PP
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 26Policy 50Policy 34Policy LP1Policy NE4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 219
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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