®Planning appeal decision
Highfield Aggregates and Recyling, Church Road, Aylmerton, NR11 8PZ
Planning appeal 3266100 at Highfield Aggregates and Recyling, Church Road, Aylmerton, NR11 8PZ (North Norfolk District Council) was allowed on 19 July 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 in the development plan and the accessibility of services and facilities.
Discontinuation of use of land for aggregate recycling, erection of a single self-build detached dwelling with garage, and ecological improvements
- Authority
- North Norfolk District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Chamberlain G
- Postcode
- NR11 8PZ
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 in the development plan and the accessibility of services and facilities
What decided it
The benefits of discontinuing the aggregate recycling use and the modest economic and ecological benefits of the dwelling, weighed against the moderate conflict with development plan policies that lacked robust evidence and were not entirely consistent with NPPF paragraph 78's support for modest housing in villages.
the moderate weight of the development plan conflict was outweighed by the benefits of the scheme, including discontinuation of the recycling use, modest economic benefits, biodiversity improvements, and the NPPF's support for modest housing in villages to sustain rural communities
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SS1Policy SS2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 213Paragraph 78Paragraph 103
- Judgments
- City & Country Bramshill Limited v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government - and Hart District Council 2021 EWCA Civ 320
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision
More decisions in North Norfolk
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2021
- Allowed27 October 202660125763 Appleyard, Holt,, NR25 6AR
- Dismissed22 October 20266006363Rectory Farm, Aldborough Road, Aldborough, NR11 7NT
- Allowed15 October 20266012084Hall Farm Barns, Station Road, Thorpe Market, NR11 8UD
- Dismissed6 October 20266009067Land to the East of Cross Street, Salthouse, Holt, NR25 7XH
- Dismissed22 September 20266008881The Old Post House, Mundesley Road, Trimingham, NR11 8DZ
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.