Plough & Fleece, Great Green, Cockfield, Bury St. Edmunds, IP30 0HJ

Planning appeal 3269479 at Plough & Fleece, Great Green, Cockfield, Bury St. Edmunds, IP30 0HJ (Babergh District Council) was dismissed on 19 November 2021 by Inspector Callister V, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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 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
Postcode: IP30 0HJ

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

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy EM24Policy CS15Policy CS17Policy CS21
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11Paragraph 8Paragraph 9Paragraph 84Paragraph 93

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