®Planning appeal decision
Recadera Stud, Ghyll House Farm, Broadwater Lane, Copsale, West Sussex , RH13 6QW
Planning appeal 3374889 at Recadera Stud, Ghyll House Farm, Broadwater Lane, Copsale, West Sussex , RH13 6QW (Horsham District Council) was dismissed on 16 January 2026 by Inspector Walker C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.
‘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
- Postcode
- RH13 6QW
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- HDPF Policy 1HDPF Policy 2HDPF Policy 3HDPF Policy 4HDPF Policy 26NNP Policy 1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
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.
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