®Planning appeal decision
Land off Main Road, Birdham, PO20 7DR
outline planning application for up to 150 dwellings (including 30% affordable housing) with community park, public open space, landscaping and sustainable drainage system (SuDS) and vehicular access point. All matters reserved except for means of access
- Authority
- Chichester District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Norman R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the landscape, character and appearance of the area
- Whether the development would be in a suitable location having regard to access to services and facilities and the scale of the proposal
- Whether the development could ensure suitable provision for drainage infrastructure
- Whether the development provides sufficient contributions towards infrastructure, with particular reference to the strategic highway network comprising improvements to the A27
- Five year housing land supply and its policy implications
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply engaged the tilted balance, under which the substantial housing and other benefits significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited harms and policy conflicts.
The limited harms (policy conflict, minor BMV agricultural land loss, and non-unacceptable landscape/visual effects) were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the significant and moderate benefits (housing delivery including affordable housing, economic benefits, biodiversity net gain, open space and pedestrian/cycle improvements), so the tilted balance favoured allowing the appeal.
Framework references: 11, 76, 115, 165, 167
Plan policies cited: Policy 2, Policy 5, Policy 8, Policy 9, Policy 33, Policy 39, Policy 42, Policy 43, Policy 45, Policy 48, Policy 50, Policy 52, Policy 40, BPNP Policy 3, BPNP Policy 4, BPNP Policy 9, BPNP Policy 10, BPNP Policy 12, BPNP Policy 13, BPNP Policy 14, BPNP Policy 15, BPNP Policy 16, BPNP Policy 18, BPNP Policy 20, BPNP Policy 21
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.