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Allowed6 March 20266002038

The Drive, Mill Lane, Worthing, BN13 3DF

Planning appeal 6002038 at The Drive, Mill Lane, Worthing, BN13 3DF (Worthing Borough Council) was allowed on 6 March 2026 by Inspector Heppell J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of varying the condition to allow for the retention of a double garage at Plot 3a on arboricultural interests and on the character and appearance of the host property and the area.

demolition of The Drive and redevelopment to provide four detached houses, together with access road, parking and landscaping (including felling of trees/replacement planting) without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref AWDM/0692/20, dated 18 May 2021

Authority
Worthing Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Heppell J
Postcode
BN13 3DF

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of varying the condition to allow for the retention of a double garage at Plot 3a on arboricultural interests and on the character and appearance of the host property and the area

What decided it

The Inspector's assessment that the additional encroachment of the double garage into the tree's root protection area, compared to the consented single garage, would likely affect only smaller non-anchoring roots and would not harm the tree's viability, combined with the finding that the double garage would not harm the character and appearance of the area.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
DM5DM18
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 135Paragraph 136

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