Land adjacent to Cedar Cottage, Furners Lane, Henfield, BN5 9HS

Authority: Horsham District Council
Appeal type: Planning
Procedure: Written
Development: residential
Postcode: BN5 9HS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed development would be in a suitable location, having regard to the local development strategy

What decided it

The significant shortfall in housing land supply (1.7 years) and the government's objective to boost housing supply, combined with the proposal's compliance with Framework policy S5(j) and the SDPAN, outweighed the conflict with the development plan policies.

The benefits of providing five dwellings at a time of significant housing shortfall substantially outweighed the adverse impacts of allowing development that conflicts with the local development strategy, particularly given the diminished weight of the HNP conflict and the limited weight of the development plan policy conflicts in light of Framework policy S5(j)

Framework references: S5, S6, HO2, HO3

Plan policies cited: HDPF Policy 2, HDPF Policy 3, HDPF Policy 4, HDPF Policy 15, HDPF Policy 26, HNP Policy 1, HNP Policy 2

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