Key facts

• South Downs National Park Authority

• SDNP/12/02721/FUL. erection of 21 dwellings,

• An application for the removal of affordable housing obligation attached to planning permission SDNP/12/02721/FUL was submitted to the SDNP (ref SDNP/14/06285/MPO) in December 2014 and was refused by notice dated 4 November 2015.

• The decision was subsequently appealed and a hearing was conducted over three days, 2 February, 8 March and 17 August 2016. The main issue in this appeal is whether the affordable housing requirement has rendered the development unviable

• The appeal was allowed and the site sold to a developer.