®Planning appeal decision
Lock House, Lock, Lock Lane, Partridge Green, Horsham, RH13 8EG
internal and external alterations to listed building to change from a single dwelling to 5 No. dwellings and conversion of the existing garage block with flat to single dwelling
- Authority
- Horsham District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Steen A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed works would preserve the Grade II listed building known as Lock House or its setting or any features of special architectural and historic interest which it possesses
- The effect of the development on the Arun Valley Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area and Ramsar sites
What decided it
The combination of securing the optimum viable use of the heritage asset and the provision of additional dwellings to address housing land supply shortfall outweighed the less than substantial harm to the listed building's significance.
The less than substantial harm to the significance of the heritage asset was outweighed by the public benefits of securing the optimum viable use of the building and the addition of four dwellings toward meeting housing need in an area with only 2.9 years supply.
Framework references: 212, 214, 215
Plan policies cited: Policy 34 of the Horsham District Planning Framework, Policy 31 of the Horsham District Planning Framework
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.