Shamba , Ifold, Loxwood, Billingshurst, RH14 0TQ

Planning appeal 3332139 at Shamba , Ifold, Loxwood, Billingshurst, RH14 0TQ (Chichester District Council) was dismissed on 11 September 2024 by Inspector Reid J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect that the proposed development would have on the character and appearance of the surrounding area.

Demolition of existing bungalow and redevelopment of two residential units

Authority: Chichester District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Reid J
Postcode: RH14 0TQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect that the proposed development would have on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
the living conditions of the future occupiers of the proposed dwellings regarding privacy and private outdoor space, and the occupiers of Shaftesbury regarding outlook
the integrity of the Arun Valley Special Protection Area, Special Area of Conservation and Ramsar

What decided it

The harm that the proposal would cause to the character and appearance of the area would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of housing delivery and efficient use of the site.

the harm to character and appearance significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits of housing delivery and efficient use of the site within the Service Village, even accounting for the Council's shortfall in five-year housing land supply

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy 25Policy 33
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11

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 applied

The 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.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

34 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision

An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter — Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.

Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app — Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.

Start your free trial

More decisions in Chichester

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2024

Dismissed4 August 20266006627
Kellys Nursery, Bell Lane, Birdham, Chichester, PO20 7HY
Dismissed29 September 20253363119
3 Lavant Road, Chichester, West Sussex , PO9 5QY
Allowed10 February 20253330753
Birdham Straight House Main Road, Birdham, Chichester, PO20 7HS
Allowed21 January 20223283987
Tamarisk West Bracklesham Drive, Bracklesham Bay, Chichester, PO20 8PH
Dismissed23 October 20266009623
Friars House, 52a East Street, Chichester, PO19 1JG

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.