®Planning appeal decision
Plough & Fleece, Great Green, Cockfield, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP30 0HJ
the Change of use of public house to a single dwelling
- Authority
- Babergh District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Callister V
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the proposed change of use from a public house to a dwelling would be acceptable, with regard to the loss of an existing employment site
- the effect of the loss of the public house as a valued local facility
What decided it
The permanent loss of a valued local facility would have a significant harmful effect on the social vitality of the community, and this harm significantly and demonstrably outweighed the very limited benefits of the proposal.
the limited harmful effects on the local economy through reduced provision of employment sites and the significant harmful effect on the social vitality of the community through permanent loss of a valued local facility significantly and demonstrably outweighed the very limited benefits, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply
Framework references: 11, 8, 9, 84, 93
Plan policies cited: Policy EM24, Policy CS15, Policy CS17, Policy CS21
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.