®Planning appeal decision
Oxoncroft, Ifold Bridge Lane, Ifold, Loxwood, Billingshurst, RH14 0UJ
Planning appeal 3346062 at Oxoncroft, Ifold Bridge Lane, Ifold, Loxwood, Billingshurst, RH14 0UJ (Chichester District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 23 March 2026 by Inspector Boffin D, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the development having regard to relevant development plan policies and the National Planning Policy Framework.
Material change of use of the land to a mixed use comprising the stationing of a mobile home for human habitation, agriculture and the operation of a forestry contractors business, with associated portacabin (drying room), 4 storage containers, laundry room, timber building (staff facilities), brick and timber outbuilding, dog kennel, earth banks and brick pillars and timber gates to facilitate that change of use
- Authority
- Chichester District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Boffin D
- Postcode
- RH14 0UJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the development having regard to relevant development plan policies and the National Planning Policy Framework
- Whether any material considerations, including personal circumstances, outweigh any identified harm
What decided it
The Inspector's finding that, subject to planning conditions, the mixed use caused no unacceptable harm and accorded with the development plan as a whole, while the brick pillars and timber gates fell outside the scope of the deemed planning application and remained unauthorised.
The Inspector identified no harm arising from the conditioned development, so no balancing of harm against benefits was undertaken for the granted element; the proposal was found simply to accord with the development plan, while the unrelated brick pillars and gates were dismissed as they could not be considered part of the deemed application.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy S1Policy S2Policy NE11Policy NE2Policy H9Policy P1Policy P2Policy NE18
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 84
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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