Chase Farm Shaws Lane, Southwater, Horsham, RH13 9BX

Planning appeal 3347737 at Chase Farm Shaws Lane, Southwater, Horsham, RH13 9BX (Horsham District Council) was dismissed on 4 December 2024 by Inspector Bowyer J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal proposal (shepherds hut and airstream caravan) falls within the scope of the operative part of the Parent Permission which specifies 'change of use of part of a field and farm yard for five glamping pods', and whether powers under section 73 or 73A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 permit variation of the description of development itself.

change of use of part of a field and farm yard for five glamping pods without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref DC/20/1256, dated 11 September 2020

Authority: Horsham District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Other minor developments
Inspector: Bowyer J
Postcode: RH13 9BX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the appeal proposal (shepherds hut and airstream caravan) falls within the scope of the operative part of the Parent Permission which specifies 'change of use of part of a field and farm yard for five glamping pods', and whether powers under section 73 or 73A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 permit variation of the description of development itself

What decided it

The shepherds hut and airstream caravan are plainly different in character, form and appearance to the approved glamping pods and cannot reasonably be described as such, creating a conflict with the operative part of the Parent Permission which cannot be varied under section 73 or 73A of the Act.

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