Holme Farm Orchard Winterpit Lane, Mannings Heath, Horsham, RH13 6LZ

Planning appeal 3353504 at Holme Farm Orchard Winterpit Lane, Mannings Heath, Horsham, RH13 6LZ (Horsham District Council) was dismissed on 29 May 2025 by Inspector Shearing C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is suitably located for a new house, having regard to the Council's spatial strategy and the provisions in the Framework for isolated housing.

Removal of existing yurts and associated infrastructure, demolition of amenity building, cessation of recreational use of land and erection of a dwelling incorporated into the landscape

Authority: Horsham District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Shearing C
Postcode: RH13 6LZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the site is suitably located for a new house, having regard to the Council's spatial strategy and the provisions in the Framework for isolated housing
Effects on habitats sites

What decided it

The proposal would likely have an adverse effect on the integrity of the Arun Valley habitats sites through increased water abstraction, with insufficient certainty that the proposed mitigation measures would prevent this harm.

The moderate benefits of housing delivery and economic activity were outweighed by the conflict with the spatial strategy and the unresolved risk of adverse effects on the integrity of designated habitats sites, which engaged the Framework's strong protections for such sites.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy 2Policy 3Policy 4Policy 26Policy 31Policy 1
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 84Paragraph 11Paragraph 195Paragraph 125

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