Church Road, East Bilney, DEREHAM, NR20 4HN

1 x one and a half storey detached house with garage and 1 x bungalow with garage

Authority: Breckland Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Price J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would be appropriate with regard to the settlement hierarchy and distribution of growth set out in the development plan

What decided it

The proposal's location outside any settlement boundary and far from village services, combined with its failure to meet the development plan's definition of infill or rounding off, means it conflicts with the spatial strategy for sustainable development and cannot be justified by the modest housing benefits offered.

the modest social and economic benefits of two additional homes and potential self-build provision were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the adverse impacts of locating housing in an unsustainable location dependent on private car travel and conflicting with the development plan's settlement hierarchy

Framework references: 74, 79, 80

Plan policies cited: Policy GEN 01, Policy GEN 03, Policy GEN 05, Policy HOU 02, Policy HOU 03, Policy HOU 04, Policy HOU 05

Judgments cited: Braintree DC v SSCLG, Greyread Ltd & Granville Developments Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 610

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