®Planning appeal decision
Lambkins Street End Road, Sidlesham Common, Chichester, PO20 7QD
Planning appeal 3357610 at Lambkins Street End Road, Sidlesham Common, Chichester, PO20 7QD (Chichester District Council) was allowed on 9 July 2025 by Inspector Harley S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.
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
- Postcode
- PO20 7QD
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 2Policy 3Policy 5Policy 8Policy 9Policy 45Policy 50Policy 51Emerging Policy S2Emerging Policy NE10
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
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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