The Lamb Inn, Lambs Green, Rusper (coach house, two units)

6007772·Horsham·24 Sept 2026allowed·DC/25/0657

Tier label used

settlement hierarchy

The tier sentence ¶7

“is not identified within the settlement hierarchy in Policy 3”

Summary

Two homes in a coach-house building on the car park of the former Lamb Inn at Lambs Green, a hamlet outside Horsham's settlement hierarchy. The site is car-dependent, on lanes with no footways or lighting. The inspector found the scheme fell within S5(1)(d) (previously developed land), gave substantial weight to housing against a 1.7-year supply, and reduced the weight of the local countryside restrictions. The "limited adverse effects" (DL ¶38) did not substantially outweigh the benefits. Allowed against the development plan.

The location finding

TR3: harm. mapped - TR3 not cited; limited accessibility, no footways or lighting, narrow unlit right of way, heavy car reliance; counted only as reinforcing the local-plan conflict (DL 12-13, 36)

Why this is cited

Unlisted = countryside; conflict noted, conversion allowed anyway. In the register this counts as a case where the tier counted against the site.

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6007772.txt

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