Land east of Spring Gardens, Washington

6009593·Horsham·10 Sept 2026allowed·DC/26/0035

Tier label used

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The tier sentence ¶21

“the vitality of local rural services”

Summary

One self-build house in the countryside outside any built-up area boundary, between two existing houses in a roadside group off the A24. Refused by Horsham; allowed on appeal. The site failed S5(1)(j) (not well-related to a settlement) but qualified as limited infilling within a group of houses under S5(1)(e), which has no well-related requirement; moderate car-dependence harm did not substantially outweigh the benefits.

The location finding

TR3: harm. car reliance for most needs; farm shop/cafe walkable, useful bus on A24; small scale → no significant movement (DL 17-19)

Why this is cited

This decision was picked up by the search on the words above, which refer to services, not to a settlement tier. generic.

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6009593.txt

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