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Dismissed5 April 20243332866

Land off Longacres Way, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 2EJ

Planning appeal 3332866 at Land off Longacres Way, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 2EJ (Chichester District Council) was dismissed on 5 April 2024 by Inspector Hobbs J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.

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
Postcode
PO20 2EJ

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

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 33Policy 9Policy 54
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 131Paragraph 135Paragraph 41Paragraph 43Paragraph 53Paragraph 66Paragraph 57Paragraph 60

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