®Planning appeal decision
2 The Workshop, Village Road, Kirdford, Billingshurst, West Sussex, RH14 0NW
Planning appeal 3339109 at 2 The Workshop, Village Road, Kirdford, Billingshurst, West Sussex, RH14 0NW (Chichester District Council) was dismissed on 25 October 2024 by Inspector Reid J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether Condition 6 is necessary to avoid an adverse effect on the integrity of the Arun Valley Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area and Ramsar site, in the interests of biodiversity, and whether Condition 2 is necessary to provide certainty for all parties.
Erection of 1 no. timber workshop building on existing light industrial/commercial land. The Workshop Village Road Kirdford RH14 0NW” without complying with conditions attached to planning permission Ref KD/21/00427/FUL dated 1 December 2022
- Authority
- Chichester District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Reid J
- Postcode
- RH14 0NW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether Condition 6 is necessary to avoid an adverse effect on the integrity of the Arun Valley Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area and Ramsar site, in the interests of biodiversity, and whether Condition 2 is necessary to provide certainty for all parties
What decided it
The mitigation measures required by Condition 6 are necessary to achieve water neutrality and avoid an adverse effect on the integrity of the Arun Valley protected site, and no alternative acceptable mitigation measures were proposed.
What the Inspector cited
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 55
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.
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