Appeal: Neighbourhood plan conflict sees 120 homes refused

Communities secretary Greg Clark has refused permission for 120 homes and additional works including a sports pavilion in Hambrook, West Sussex, after deciding that the location of the scheme would undermine the emerging Chidham and Hambrook Neighbourhood Plan (NP).
Clark noted that the NP had not yet been examined when inspector Michael J Hetherington first ruled that the appeal should be dismissed. As the plan has now been examined, Clark gave greater weight to the degree that the proposal conflicted with the plan by proposing development outside of the defined settlement boundary.
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