The Old Coach House, Hawkhurst Court, Wisborough Green, West Sussex, RH14 0HS

the addition of a 'lean to' storage unit at the rear of existing stable block, installation of a new rainwater harvesting system, replacement of existing 5 bar gate with new solid gates and making good hard surfacing in and around the stable yard

Authority: South Downs
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: agricultural · Other minor developments
Inspector: Redford R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the 'lean to' storage unit and the replacement gates on the character and appearance of the rural landscape, and on an Ancient Semi-Natural Woodland

What decided it

The proposed 'lean to' storage unit failed to comply with development plan policies protecting woodland because the appellant did not provide technical evidence demonstrating that the change in surface porosity would not indirectly harm the Ancient Semi-Natural Woodland through soil quality or compaction impacts within the buffer zone.

Plan policies cited: SD1, SD4, SD5, SD11, SD20, General Policy 1 of the SDNP Partnership-Management Plan 2019

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