®Planning appeal decision
Wood Farm, Helmingham Road , Otley, IP6 9NS
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
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.
Framework references: 9, 12, 79, 92, 104, 105, 110
Plan policies cited: Policy SCLP3.2, Policy SCLP3.3, Policy SCLP5.3, Policy SCLP5.4, Policy SCLP5.7, Policy SCLP5.11, Policy SCLP7.1
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.