Development Site Lot 3, Kent Street, Cowfold, West Sussex, RH13 8BB

Planning appeal 3369821 at Development Site Lot 3, Kent Street, Cowfold, West Sussex, RH13 8BB (Horsham District Council) was dismissed on 27 November 2025 by Inspector Coles C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is in an appropriate location for the development having regard to the development plan policies relating to development outside built-up area boundaries.

Change of use of existing building from car storage to dance studio

Authority: Horsham District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector: Coles C
Postcode: RH13 8BB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the appeal site is in an appropriate location for the development having regard to the development plan policies relating to development outside built-up area boundaries
Whether the access track is safe and suitable to serve the development and the effects of the development on the living conditions of nearby residents and the users of the Public Rights of Way (PROW)

What decided it

The development is inappropriately located in the countryside outside the built-up area boundary and causes significant detrimental effects on neighbouring amenity and public footpath safety through traffic intensification that cannot be justified by the community benefits offered.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy 26Policy 43Policy 33Policy 40

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