Planning appeal decision
Yew Tree Barn Turners Hill Road, Worth, Crawley, RH10 4PE
Planning appeal 3317350 at Yew Tree Barn Turners Hill Road, Worth, Crawley, RH10 4PE (Mid Sussex District Council) was dismissed on 19 October 2023 by Inspector Hobbs J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for the proposed development, having regard to the development strategy and accessibility of services.
conversion of existing workshop to form a 1 bed annex
- Authority
- Mid Sussex District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hobbs J
- Postcode
- RH10 4PE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for the proposed development, having regard to the development strategy and accessibility of services
- whether the proposal would satisfactorily address the potential loss, or otherwise, of habitat for protected species
What decided it
The appeal site is in an unsustainable countryside location that fails to accord with the development plan policies DP6, DP12 and DP15, and the absence of bat surveys means the effect on protected species cannot be established, contrary to NPPF paragraph 180.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- DP6DP12DP15DP21DP32DP38CNP14
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 72Paragraph 80Paragraph 110Paragraph 119Paragraph 152Paragraph 180
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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