®Planning appeal decision
Truffles Cafe, High Street, HENFIELD, West Sussex, BN5 9DA
conversion of the rear café (Class E) to form 1no residential dwelling (Class C3)
- Authority
- Horsham District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Carpenter C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the integrity of protected European sites, with particular reference to water neutrality
What decided it
The absence of sufficient objective evidence to demonstrate water neutrality, which prevented the Inspector from being confident that the proposed dwelling would consume no more water than the existing café use, and thus the proposal would likely have a significant adverse effect on the integrity of the protected European sites.
The modest social and economic benefits from provision of one dwelling and additional town centre footfall did not outweigh the harm to the integrity of protected European sites
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy 31 of the Horsham District Planning Framework 2015
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