Planning appeal decision
39 Victoria Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5LA
Planning appeal 3325443 at 39 Victoria Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5LA (Adur District Council) was dismissed on 14 September 2023 by Inspector Cramond D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the locality.
a vehicle access
- Authority
- Adur District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Cramond D
- Postcode
- BN43 5LA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the locality
What decided it
The proposal would have unacceptable effects on the character and appearance of the locality by introducing front garden parking that would jar with the established streetscene and conflict with Policy 15 of the Adur Local Plan.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 15
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in Adur District Council
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2023
- Dismissed24 June 20266006139Jetty Opposite 31 And 33 Riverside Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5RB
- Allowed21 November 2025337061841 Overmead, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, BN43 5NS
- Dismissed3 October 20253368011Europa House, 46-50 Southwick Square, Southwick, West Sussex, BN42 4FJ
- Allowed20 March 2024333664316 Croshaw Close , Lancing, West Sussex, BN15 9LE
- Allowed31 January 2024332355411a West Street, Shoreham, BN43 5WF
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®