Wellers Farm, Marringdean Road, Billingshurst, West Sussex, RH14 9EJ

Planning appeal 3330325 at Wellers Farm, Marringdean Road, Billingshurst, West Sussex, RH14 9EJ (Horsham District Council) was dismissed on 25 April 2024 by Inspector Simpson V, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the development on biodiversity.

the change of use of an existing out building to form an annex for ancillary use to the main dwelling

Authority: Horsham District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Simpson V
Postcode: RH14 9EJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the development on biodiversity
whether the building would form part of the same planning unit as the dwelling at Wellers Farm, with particular regard to the physical and functional connections between their uses, and if so, whether its use as an annex would be ancillary to the residential use of the dwelling

What decided it

The absence of a bat survey to establish whether the building contained bat roosts, combined with the physical and functional separation of the building from the main dwelling, meant the development could not be accepted as ancillary accommodation and would cause unmitigated harm to biodiversity.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy 31Policy 28Policy 1Policy 3Policy 4Policy 26
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11Paragraph 56Paragraph 98Paragraph 99Paragraph 180Paragraph 186

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