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Little Flitchings, Rickmans Lane, Plaistow, West Sussex, RH14 0NT
Planning appeal 6002136 at Little Flitchings, Rickmans Lane, Plaistow, West Sussex, RH14 0NT (Chichester District Council) was dismissed on 22 April 2026 by Inspector Everitt E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the requirements of Policies NE11 and S2 of the Local Plan have been met.
occupation of existing two bedroom annexe as a single dwellinghouse
- Authority
- Chichester District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Everitt E
- Postcode
- RH14 0NT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the requirements of Policies NE11 and S2 of the Local Plan have been met
What decided it
The appellant's failure to demonstrate through substantive evidence that economic and community uses would be unviable, as required by Policy NE11 before residential use can be permitted in the countryside.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy NE11Policy S2Policy S1
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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