®Planning appeal decision
Crays Cottage, Crays Lane, Goose Green, West Sussex, RH20 2LR
Planning appeal 3353401 at Crays Cottage, Crays Lane, Goose Green, West Sussex, RH20 2LR (Horsham District Council) was dismissed on 11 April 2025 by Inspector Dade E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would be in a suitable location, having regard to the local development strategy.
conversion of existing car barn to create a one-bedroom dwelling including front dormer extension
- Authority
- Horsham District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Dade E
- Postcode
- RH20 2LR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be in a suitable location, having regard to the local development strategy
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- The effect of the proposed development on protected species
- The effect of the proposal on the integrity of European sites
- Whether other material considerations outweigh any harm identified such as to justify the development
What decided it
The conflict with the development plan regarding location, accessibility, and character and appearance, combined with the modest housing benefits, means the presumption in favour of sustainable development does not apply and the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits.
The adverse impacts regarding the district's rural character, accessibility to services, and character and appearance of the area significantly and demonstrably outweigh the modest benefits of a single dwelling when assessed against the policies in the Framework taken as a whole, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development does not apply.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- HDPF Policy 1HDPF Policy 2HDPF Policy 3HDPF Policy 4HDPF Policy 10HDPF Policy 26HDPF Policy 31HDPF Policy 32HDPF Policy 33Thakeham Parish Neighbourhood Plan 2017 Policy Thakeham9
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 49Paragraph 84Paragraph 110Paragraph 115Paragraph 125Paragraph 129Paragraph 135Paragraph 139Paragraph 192Paragraph 193
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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