®Planning appeal decision
Barnards Nursery, Rock Road, Washington, RH20 3BH
Planning appeal 6008205 at Barnards Nursery, Rock Road, Washington, RH20 3BH (Horsham District Council) was dismissed on 13 October 2026, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the location, land use and amount of proposed development would be acceptable with particular regard to the spatial strategy and accessibility to services.
Permission in Principle (PIP) application for the demolition of existing structures / buildings and erection of 1no dwelling
- Authority
- Horsham District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- RH20 3BH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the location, land use and amount of proposed development would be acceptable with particular regard to the spatial strategy and accessibility to services
What decided it
The site's poor accessibility to services and facilities by sustainable modes of transport, combined with the proposal's failure to fall within any exception in Policy S5(1) of the NPPF, means the benefits would be substantially outweighed by adverse effects when assessed against national decision-making policies.
applying Policy S5 point 4 of the NPPF, the benefits of the proposal (substantial weight for housing delivery given the shortfall in five-year supply, and moderate weight for economic and social benefits and efficient use of land) would be substantially outweighed by adverse effects on sustainable patterns of movement and climate change mitigation
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 2 of the Horsham District Planning Framework (2015)Policy 3 of the Horsham District Planning Framework (2015)Policy 4 of the Horsham District Planning Framework (2015)Policy 26 of the Horsham District Planning Framework (2015)Policy 1 of the Storrington, Sullington and Washington Neighbourhood Plan (2019)Policy 8 of the Storrington, Sullington and Washington Neighbourhood Plan (2019)
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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The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.