®Planning appeal decision
Lambkins Street End Road, Sidlesham Common, CHICHESTER, PO20 7QD
demolition of existing outbuildings and construction of 2 no.units of live/work accommodation and associated works
- Authority
- Chichester District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Harley S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is a suitable location for two live/work units taking into account local and national strategic planning policies and access to services and facilities
- whether satisfactory provision has been made for highway infrastructure
- whether the effect of the proposal on the Chichester and Langstone Harbours and Pagham Harbour Special Protection Areas would be satisfactorily mitigated
What decided it
The absence of a five-year housing land supply and the application of the tilted balance under Framework paragraph 11(d) meant that the benefits of additional live/work units on a windfall site outweighed the conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy.
The benefits of effective use of land, two much-needed dwellings, economic benefits during construction and from local spend, and economic activity in the work units (attracting substantial weight but limited by small scale) outweighed the less-than-substantial conflict with the spatial strategy in Policies 2, 5 and 45(1) of the Local Plan when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy 2, Policy 3, Policy 5, Policy 8, Policy 9, Policy 45, Policy 50, Policy 51, Emerging Policy S2, Emerging Policy NE10
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.