®Planning appeal decision
Potwell Copse, Potwell Park, Arundel Road, Walberton, ARUNDEL, BN18 0QP
change of use of stable to tourist accommodation, the barn to residential with a small extension and the erection of 2 dwellings on former paddock, with associated parking and landscaping
- Authority
- Arun District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Heppell J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site would be a suitable location for the proposed development having regard to the spatial characteristics of the area and the character of Copse Lane
What decided it
The adverse impact of allowing development that conflicts with the neighbourhood plan, which became part of the development plan less than five years ago, would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of delivering two homes in a sustainable location.
The moderate benefits of delivering two homes in a sustainable location and contributing to housing land supply were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the significant harm to the character of the countryside area from reducing the site's open aspect on land not demonstrated to be previously developed, particularly given the neighbourhood plan's strategy of directing housing away from the countryside and the application of paragraph 14 of the Framework.
Framework references: 11, 14, 110, 115
Plan policies cited: C SP1, D DM1, D SP1, HP1, HP13
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