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Dismissed11 October 20243343785

Land West of Drove Lane, Main Road , Yapton , West Sussex, BN18 0DX

Planning appeal 3343785 at Land West of Drove Lane, Main Road , Yapton , West Sussex, BN18 0DX (Arun District Council) was dismissed on 11 October 2024 by Inspector Owen A, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal site would be suitable for housing, with particular regard to local policies for the location of housing.

Erection of 20 dwellings (including 6 affordable units) with new access, open space, landscaping, sustainable drainage, biodiversity mitigation and associated works

Authority
Arun District Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Owen A
Postcode
BN18 0DX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the appeal site would be suitable for housing, with particular regard to local policies for the location of housing
  • the effect of the loss of Best and Most Versatile agricultural land (BMV)
  • whether the Yapton Neighbourhood Plan (YNP) contains policies and allocations to meet its identified housing requirement

What decided it

The conflict with the Yapton Neighbourhood Plan (policies BB1 and E1) and the loss of grade 2 agricultural land in the countryside were found, when read with paragraph 14 of the Framework, to significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of the scheme.

The adverse impacts of developing grade 2 agricultural land outside the settlement boundary, in conflict with the neighbourhood plan, were found to significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of housing delivery (including affordable housing), biodiversity gain and other minor benefits, so the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy BB1Policy C SP1Policy E1Policy H1Policy SO DM1Policy H SP1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 14Paragraph 60Paragraph 63Paragraph 67Paragraph 68Paragraph 77Paragraph 180Paragraph 186Paragraph 208

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