®Planning appeal decision
78 Clarendon Road , Worthing, West Sussex , BN14 8QQ
Planning appeal 3344060 at 78 Clarendon Road , Worthing, West Sussex , BN14 8QQ (Worthing Borough Council) was allowed on 10 September 2024 by Inspector McCreery D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the imposition of condition 3 is reasonable, necessary and otherwise accords with paragraph 56 of the National Planning Policy Framework when regard is paid to residential amenity and policy DM5 of the Worthing Local Plan.
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- Authority
- Worthing Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- McCreery D
- Postcode
- BN14 8QQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the imposition of condition 3 is reasonable, necessary and otherwise accords with paragraph 56 of the National Planning Policy Framework when regard is paid to residential amenity and policy DM5 of the Worthing Local Plan
What decided it
The Council's residential amenity concerns were generic and lacked substantiated evidence of specific risks, making the use restriction neither reasonable nor necessary under NPPF paragraph 56 and policy DM5.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- DM5
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 56
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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