®Planning appeal decision
Land off Mill Lane, Sayers Common, BN6 9JA
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
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.
Framework references: 11, 232
Plan policies cited: Policy DP4, Policy DP6, Policy DP12, Policy DP15, Policy DP26, Policy DP29, Policy HurstH1, Policy HurstC1
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.