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Planning permission granted30 August 20243333619

Land South Of Tranjoeen Bracklesham Lane Bracklesham Bay , Bracklesham Bay, PO20 7JE

Planning appeal 3333619 at Land South Of Tranjoeen Bracklesham Lane Bracklesham Bay , Bracklesham Bay, PO20 7JE (Chichester District Council) was allowed on 30 August 2024 by Inspector Kean G, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the development is acceptable in its location outside settlement boundaries.

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
Postcode
PO20 7JE

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

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 36CLP Policy 33CLP Policy 45CLP Policy 48CLP Policy 49
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 115

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