®Planning appeal decision
Wood Farm, Helmingham Road , Otley, IP6 9NS
Planning appeal 3259858 at Wood Farm, Helmingham Road , Otley, IP6 9NS (East Suffolk) was dismissed on 17 September 2021 by Inspector Fallon R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development is in an appropriate location, with particular regard to the adopted development plan settlement hierarchy and access to shops, services, community facilities and transport choices other than the private car.
described on the application form as “Development of up to five dwellings
- Authority
- East Suffolk
- Appeal type
- other · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Mineral working
- Inspector
- Fallon R
- Postcode
- IP6 9NS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development is in an appropriate location, with particular regard to the adopted development plan settlement hierarchy and access to shops, services, community facilities and transport choices other than the private car
What decided it
The appeal site's location outside the settlement boundary in countryside, combined with poor accessibility to shops, services and sustainable transport, making it an inappropriate location for residential development contrary to the development plan and NPPF sustainability principles.
The limited benefits of housing delivery and local employment were outweighed by the conflict with the development plan, the unsustainable location with heavy car dependence, and the harmful visual intrusion into the open countryside landscape.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SCLP3.2Policy SCLP3.3Policy SCLP5.3Policy SCLP5.4Policy SCLP5.7Policy SCLP5.11Policy SCLP7.1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 9Paragraph 12Paragraph 79Paragraph 92Paragraph 104Paragraph 105Paragraph 110
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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