®Planning appeal decision
Hilland Farm, Hilland Road, Billingshurst, West Sussex, RH14 9HN
Planning appeal 3357838 at Hilland Farm, Hilland Road, Billingshurst, West Sussex, RH14 9HN (Horsham District Council) was dismissed on 31 July 2025 by Inspector Catcheside E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether condition 65 meets the tests for conditions set out in the National Planning Policy Framework, with particular regard to its precision, enforceability, and reasonableness in all other respects.
a development described as “A Hybrid Planning application comprising: Detailed planning permission for up to 4,998sqm of B1c, B2 and B8 use floorspace, roundabout access junction from the A29, access, parking, servicing areas and associated landscaping (phase 1). Outline planning permission for up to 14,075sqm of B1c, B2 B8 use floorspace, petrol filling station with ancillary retail offer and drive through coffee unit, with all matters reserved except for access (phase 2)” without complying with conditions attached to planning permission reference DC/21/1107, dated 11 March 2022
- Authority
- Horsham District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Catcheside E
- Postcode
- RH14 9HN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether condition 65 meets the tests for conditions set out in the National Planning Policy Framework, with particular regard to its precision, enforceability, and reasonableness in all other respects
- whether the proposed variation to condition 65 falls within the scope of Section 73 of the TCPA
What decided it
The proposed variation to condition 65 would expressly permit retail use on plot 18, which falls outside the scope of Section 73 of the TCPA as it would alter the operative part of the permission by permitting a use not described in the original development description.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 7Policy 9
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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