®Planning appeal decision
Kingsfold Lodge, Marringdean Road, Billingshurst, RH14 9HE
Planning appeal 6006516 at Kingsfold Lodge, Marringdean Road, Billingshurst, RH14 9HE (Horsham District Council) was dismissed on 10 July 2026 by Inspector S F Barnes, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is suitable for new residential development in terms of its purpose and accessibility to local services and facilities, having regard to its location, the land use and the amount of development proposed.
the erection of one dwellinghouse
- Authority
- Horsham District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Inspector
- S F Barnes
- Postcode
- RH14 9HE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for new residential development in terms of its purpose and accessibility to local services and facilities, having regard to its location, the land use and the amount of development proposed
What decided it
The location would result in occupiers being reliant on private cars and the appeal failed to demonstrate that safe and suitable access can be achieved for all users, conflicting with the Framework's sustainable transport objectives, which attracted significant weight and outweighed the housing supply benefits even under the tilted balance.
The benefits of contributing one dwelling to the constrained housing supply and limited economic benefits were outweighed by the significant harm from car-dependency and failure to achieve safe and suitable access for all users, such that adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed benefits when assessed against Framework policies as a whole
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 1 HDPFPolicy 2 HDPFPolicy 3 HDPFPolicy 4 HDPFPolicy 26 HDPF
- 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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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