Planning Appeal: Goring-by-Sea (Chatsmore Farm)

Appeal at Land North West of Goring Railway Station, Goring-by-Sea, Worthing
(Application Ref: AWDM/1264/20; Appeal Ref: APP/M3835/W/21/3281813) (Chatsmore Farm)

Following Worthing Borough Council's successful legal challenge against the Planning Inspectorate's decision to allow hundreds of home to be built at Chatsmore Farm, the original decision has been quashed and the appeal will be re-determined at a Public Inquiry in the Gordon Room at Worthing Town Hall.

The Public Inquiry is set for:

• 17th & 18th September 2024
• 24th to 26th September 2024
• and 1st to 3rd October 2024

Since the consideration of the previous appeal in 2022, the new Worthing Local Plan has been adopted. The Inspector for the Inquiry into the Local Plan indicated to the council that it was right to protect the site from development in the plan.

Read Worthing Borough Council's Local Plan:

• Worthing Local Plan 2023

You can view information about the Planning Inspectorate Inquiry on the:

• Planning Inspectorate website (appeals casework portal) - using the last seven digits (3281813) of the following appeal number APP/M3835/W/21/3281813

You can read our press releases about Chatsmore Farm Public Inquiry and the Planning Inspectorate decision below:

• Countdown is on for Chatsmore Farm public inquiry (PR23-153: 2nd November 2023)
• Worthing Council strengthens its case further to protect Chatsmore Farm (PR23-117: 31st August 2023)
• Court of Appeal backs Worthing Council's protection of Chatsmore Farm from development (PR23-089: 3rd July 2023)

Photo: Chatsmore Farm

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