®Planning appeal decision
Land west of Bewley Road, Angmering , BN16 4LJ
Outline planning application with all matters reserved, other than principal means of access from Bewley Road, for the construction of up to 190 residential dwellings and a community building (Use Class E (d,e) or F2(b)), together with the provision of open space, landscaping and associated infrastructure
- Authority
- Arun District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Fagan N
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The principle of the proposed development outside any Built-Up Area Boundary (BUAB) in the adopted Arun Local Plan (ALP).
- The effect of the development on the landscape and visual amenity of footpath users.
- Whether the development, including the access to it, can be made safe from surface water flooding for its lifetime and ensure that flooding off-site is not increased.
- The loss of Best and Most Versatile (BMV) agricultural land.
- The planning balance of harms against benefits.
What decided it
The lack of a five-year housing land supply engaging the tilted balance meant the substantial weight given to housing delivery outweighed the moderate harms identified from conflict with the spatial strategy, landscape/visual harm and loss of BMV land.
The substantial weight given to the delivery of up to 190 dwellings (including 30% affordable housing) in a sustainable location, together with moderate weight for open space, biodiversity net gain and economic benefits and limited weight for the Cancer United land, clearly outweighed the moderate harms from conflict with the spatial strategy, landscape/visual amenity harm and loss of BMV land, so the balance favoured allowing the appeal.
Framework references: 187, 135, 11, 58, 85
Plan policies cited: Policy SD SP2, Policy C SP1, Policy HD1, Policy GI SP1, Policy LAN DM1, Policy QE SP1, Policy SO DM1, Policy W DM1, Policy W DM2, Policy W DM3, Policy D DM1, Policy D DM2, Policy T SP1, Policy T DM1, Policy OSR DM1, Policy QE DM2, Policy QE DM3, Policy QE DM4, Policy ENV DM4, Policy ENV DM5, Policy ENV SP1, Policy HER DM6, Policy INF SP1, Policy TEL SP1, Policy SKILLS SP1, Policy ECC SP2, Policy H2
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.