®Planning appeal decision
The Owl, Dorking Road, Kingsfold, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 3SA
Planning appeal 3355997 at The Owl, Dorking Road, Kingsfold, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 3SA (Horsham District Council) was allowed on 9 July 2025 by Inspector Pearce J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on highway safety.
the erection of two three-bed semi-detached dwellings (Use C3) on land adjacent to the public house accessed from Marches Road, with associated parking and landscaping, including utilizing new vehicular access to the public house, reconfiguration of delivery bay, beer garden and car park of public house
- Authority
- Horsham District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Pearce J
- Postcode
- RH12 3SA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on highway safety
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year supply of deliverable housing sites engaged the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11d, and the positive contribution to housing supply outweighed the conflict with the development plan policies.
The proposal's positive contribution to housing supply and accordance with emerging policy outweighed the conflict with the development plan taken as a whole, as the adverse impacts would not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the policies of the Framework taken as a whole
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 40 of the Horsham District Planning Framework 2015Policy 2 of the Horsham District Planning Framework 2015Policy 4 of the Horsham District Planning Framework 2015Policy 26 of the Horsham District Planning Framework 2015Policy W1 of the Warnham Neighbourhood Development Plan 2019emerging Policy 2 of the Horsham District Local Plan
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 14
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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