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Allowed8 November 20243344121

Keymer Road, Hassocks, West Sussex, BN6 8QP

Planning appeal 3344121 at Keymer Road, Hassocks, West Sussex, BN6 8QP (Mid Sussex District Council) was allowed on 8 November 2024 by Inspector Dowsett J, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.

Redevelopment for Retirement Living accommodation for older people comprising 41no. apartments including communal facilities, access, car parking, and landscaping

Authority
Mid Sussex District Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Dowsett J
Postcode
BN6 8QP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
  • The effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring residential properties, with particular regard to privacy, noise and disturbance, and light pollution

What decided it

The critical and largely unmet need for older persons' housing, deliverable in the short term on a sustainably located, previously developed site, outweighed the limited and localised harm to living conditions at one neighbouring property.

the substantial benefits of providing much-needed older persons' housing, together with sustainability, previously-developed-land, and economic/environmental benefits, outweighed the significant but narrowly confined harm to the living conditions of 66A Keymer Road, so that permission should be granted despite conflict with part of MSDP Policy DP26 and NP Policy 9

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
MSDP Policy DP26NP Policy 9Design Guide Principle DG39MSDP Policy DP31MSDP Policy 24MSDP Policy DP25MSDP Policy DP21Policy DHP4Emerging Policy DPH4
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 57

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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