®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to Buxhall Lodge, Buxhall Road, Great Finborough, Suffolk, IP14 3AQ
Planning appeal 3253907 at Land Adjacent to Buxhall Lodge, Buxhall Road, Great Finborough, Suffolk, IP14 3AQ (Mid Suffolk District Council) was dismissed on 29 June 2021 by Inspector Chamberlain G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposed development, with reference to the spatial strategy for housing in the development plan.
Erection of 28 dwellings
- Authority
- Mid Suffolk District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Chamberlain G
- Postcode
- IP14 3AQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposed development, with reference to the spatial strategy for housing in the development plan
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether the proposal would preserve the setting of the Grade II listed buildings known as Buxhall Lodge and Thatched Cottage
- Whether the proposal would make adequate provision for surface water drainage
What decided it
The greater-than-moderate less-than-substantial harm to the setting of the Grade II listed building Buxhall Lodge, to which considerable importance and weight must be given under section 66(1) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, was not outweighed by the public benefits of the proposal.
The public benefits of housing delivery, affordable housing provision, economic benefits and open space were weighed against greater-than-moderate less-than-substantial harm to the setting of Buxhall Lodge; considerable importance and weight given to preserving the listed building's setting tilted the balance against the proposal, and the benefits did not outweigh the harm.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS1Policy CS2Policy CS4Policy CS5Policy FC1.1Policy H7Policy HB1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 194Paragraph 196Paragraph 213
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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