®Planning appeal decision
Land off Mill Lane, Sayers Common, BN6 9JA
Planning appeal 3361729 at Land off Mill Lane, Sayers Common, BN6 9JA (Mid Sussex District Council) was allowed on 2 October 2025 by Inspector Francis L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal scheme would be suitably located with regard to the Council's strategy for the location of development.
planning in principle to develop an area of land to five residential dwellings”
- Authority
- Mid Sussex District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Francis L
- Postcode
- BN6 9JA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal scheme would be suitably located with regard to the Council's strategy for the location of development
- whether the proposed residential land use would be acceptable with particular regard to noise
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a 5-year housing land supply triggered the tilted balance under Framework paragraph 11d)ii, and the significant benefits of housing delivery outweighed the moderate harm to rural character and the limited-weight conflict with development plan location policies.
The conflict with development plan policies restricting countryside development was given limited weight as they are more prohibitive than the Framework; the moderate harm to rural character was outweighed by the significant benefits of up to 5 additional homes and the Council's housing land supply shortfall, with the presumption in favour of sustainable development applying.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DP4Policy DP6Policy DP12Policy DP15Policy DP26Policy DP29Policy HurstH1Policy HurstC1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 232
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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The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.