Recadera Stud, Ghyll House Farm, Broadwater Lane, Copsale, West Sussex , RH13 6QW

‘construction of dwelling with attached double garage’

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

Whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for the proposal, having regard to relevant provisions of the development plan and the National Planning Policy Framework

What decided it

The site's unsustainable location, remote from services and facilities with no realistic alternative to private car travel, combined with its failure to meet the criteria in development plan policies for countryside development, means the adverse effects significantly and demonstrably outweigh the moderate benefits of one additional dwelling.

The benefits of housing delivery and self-build provision (afforded moderate weight) were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the unsustainable location, conflict with development plan policies directing development to appropriate settlements, and failure to make efficient use of land, when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole.

Framework references: 11

Plan policies cited: HDPF Policy 1, HDPF Policy 2, HDPF Policy 3, HDPF Policy 4, HDPF Policy 26, NNP Policy 1

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
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