Press Release

21 September 2016

Appeal made to Planning Inspectorate

An appeal has been made against Fareham Borough Council's decision to refuse the planning application for housing on land north of Cranleigh Road/West of Wicor Primary School, Portchester.

Persimmon Homes has appealed the Council's decision to refuse its planning application to develop land and proposal to build up to 120 homes with access from Cranleigh Road, along with public open space and a play area.

The Planning Inspector will consider all comments and will then hold a Public Inquiry to discuss the appeal. A time and date has not been set as yet but all interested parties will be notified once it has.

Chairman of the Planning Committee, Cllr Nick Walker said: "All comments made previously about the planning application will be sent to the Planning Inspector for consideration. If anyone would like to make additional comments they must be sent to the Planning Inspector by 29 October."

Comments can be made online at the following site: https://acp.planninginspectorate.gov.uk  and by entering reference number 3156344.

Alternatively, if you do not have access to the internet, you can write (quoting APP/A1720/W/16/3156344) to:

The Planning Inspectorate
Temple Quay House
2 The Square
Bristol
BS1 6PN

Comments must be received by Saturday 29 October 2016. Any comments received after this date may not be read by the Planning Inspector and they will be returned.

For more information please contact Kim Hayler on khayler@fareham.gov.uk or call 01329 824815.

ENDS

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