Sailtops, Cox Green, Rudgwick, HORSHAM, RH12 3DE

‘demolition of existing garage and annexe and construction of 1no. 3 bedroom detached house with residential amenity areas , car parking and turning, together with hard and soft landscaping and new access’ without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref DC/24/0462, dated 8 August 2024

Authority: Horsham District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Walker C

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposed access on the Public Right of Way, having particular regard to the character of the area

What decided it

The harm to the character of the area caused by the proposed access, which would erode the informal verdant character and rural ambience of the PROW entrance, is decisive.

Framework references: 105

Plan policies cited: Policy 33 of the Horsham District Planning Framework 2015, Rudgwick Neighbourhood Plan 2031 Policy RNP1, Rudgwick Neighbourhood Plan 2031 Policy RNP9

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

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.

What an account adds

Draw a red line around your site and the appraisal follows.

Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

Then the development plan position, the housing land supply as an Inspector last accepted it, and every appeal decided around the site with its letter.

Every English appeal since 2016, with the letter behind it wherever the Inspectorate published one. Searched by meaning as well as by words, with the key case law counted live across the letters.

Casework that chases the deadlines. Applications, appeals and conditions with their statutory dates.

The judgement stays yours. The tool gathers the material and dates it.