®Planning appeal decision
Longacre, The Street, Walberton, West Sussex, BN18 0PY
Planning appeal 3371832 at Longacre, The Street, Walberton, West Sussex, BN18 0PY (Arun District Council) was dismissed on 17 December 2025 by Inspector Coles C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposed development with reference to the spatial strategy in the development plan.
erection of 6 no. new dwellings with car ports and car parking along with new ecology and open space area and use of existing access onto The Street
- Authority
- Arun District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Coles C
- Postcode
- BN18 0PY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposed development with reference to the spatial strategy in the development plan
- The effect of the proposal on the retained trees
- The effect of the proposal on flood risk
What decided it
The failure to demonstrate that surface water drainage could be sustainably achieved without increasing flood risk elsewhere, combined with the conflict with the spatial strategy of the development plan, meant the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits of housing delivery.
The significant weight given to housing delivery benefits and brownfield use was outweighed by the considerable weight attached to unresolved flood risk concerns and the limited weight given to spatial strategy conflicts (as those policies were out of date due to the lack of five-year housing land supply), resulting in the combined harms significantly and demonstrably outweighing the benefits.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SD SP2 of the Arun Local Plan 2011-2031Policy CSP1 C SP1 of the Arun Local Plan 2011-2031Policy HP1 of the Walberton Neighbourhood Development Plan 2015-2035Policy W DM1 of the Arun Local Plan 2011-2031Policy W DM2 of the Arun Local Plan 2011-2031Policy W DM3 of the Arun Local Plan 2011-2031Policy VE7 of the Walberton Neighbourhood Development Plan 2015-2035Policy ENV4 DM4 of the Arun Local Plan 2011-2031Policy VE3 of the Walberton Neighbourhood Development Plan 2015-2035
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 14Paragraph 124Paragraph 125
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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