®Planning appeal decision
Land South Of Tranjoeen Bracklesham Lane Bracklesham Bay , BRACKLESHAM BAY, PO20 7JE
change of use of land as a travellers caravan site consisting of 3 no. pitches and associated development
- Authority
- Chichester District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
- Inspector
- Kean G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development is acceptable in its location outside settlement boundaries
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- the need for and supply of traveller sites
- personal circumstances of the appellant and family including whether alternative accommodation is available to them
- intentional unauthorised development
What decided it
The very considerable unmet need for gypsy and traveller pitches combined with the lack of any suitable alternative accommodation for the appellant's family outweighed the identified but mitigable harms.
the benefits of meeting unmet traveller pitch need and the appellant family's personal circumstances outweighed the mitigable character and appearance harm and the weight attached to intentional unauthorised development, so permission was granted
Framework references: 115
Plan policies cited: Policy 36, CLP Policy 33, CLP Policy 45, CLP Policy 48, CLP Policy 49
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.