®Planning appeal decision
Land off Longacres Way, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 2EJ
erection of apartment building including Class E floor space, with associated car parking, bike stores, landscaping and utilising existing access
- Authority
- Chichester District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Hobbs J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- whether the proposal would make an appropriate contribution toward highway improvements, including a travel plan
- whether the proposal would provide adequate public amenity space and equipped play space
What decided it
The unacceptably harmful effect on character and appearance through the incongruous siting, scale, massing and design of the building, which would disrupt the sense of enclosure along Longacre Way and the spacious character of the adjacent open space, combined with the failure to make an appropriate highway contribution, outweighed the significant benefits of housing delivery.
the significant benefits of providing 87 apartments and construction-related benefits were outweighed by the substantial harm to character and appearance and the failure to make an appropriate highway contribution
Framework references: 131, 135, 41, 43, 53, 66, 57, 60
Plan policies cited: Policy 33, Policy 9, Policy 54
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.