Abbotswood, Rustington

Client: Saxon Weald Housing Association

Role: Planning & Architecture

Co-ordinated a planning appeal to overcome the Council’s objections and secure consent for a high quality 62-bedroom Extra Care Sheltered Housing development.

The proposals had earlier been rejected by the local planning authority on grounds of scale, mass, residential amenity and impact on the setting of an adjacent listed building. PRP presented a detailed planning case at an informal hearing to justify the proposals in the context of precedent planning appeals and to offer a critique of each of the Council’s specific concerns against Local Plan policies.

In addition to the appeal being upheld, PRP was also successful in arguing for the deletion of a number of planning conditions proposed by the Council. The Inspector also concluded that a Section 106 agreement sought by the Council in respect of affordable housing provision was not required.